# \[MX\] WDDX/XML and Empty Nodes!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-wddx-xml-and-empty-nodes/33079>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-wddx-xml-and-empty-nodes/33079 "2003-10-15T00:20:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![lrhb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@lrhb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lrhb)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-wddx-xml-and-empty-nodes/33079/1 "2003-10-15T00:20:42Z")

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Am I crazy?

If you are getting a recordset into Flash, and there’s an empty field/node, you should be able to do something like:

[AS]if ( XMLnode == “”){  
do stuff;  
}[/AS]

right? Is there a different way to refer to an empty node?

Thanks!

lrhb :hat: