# Really weird XML problem
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034 "2004-08-20T02:20:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@APDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/APDesign)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034/1 "2004-08-20T02:20:11Z")
Ok, I’m new to XML with flash and I’ve looked at the tutorials and I have no clue what is going on here.
Heres part of my xml structure.
```auto
Dujodu
Weibmaster@dujodu.com
http://www.dujodu.com/
Hey this is a kind of cool guestbook you have going here.
Duder
Webmaster@duder.net
http://www.duder.net/
Hey this is a kind of lameass guestbook you have going here. Keep up the crappy work.
```
Ok, now I want to access the “headFrame” of the first entry, my AS would look like this, right?
```auto
hframe = my_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].attributes.headFrame;
trace(hframe);
```
That indeed should give me “1” shouldn’t it? Well I get undefined.
Through some trial and error, I found out that to get to the headFrame I need to use
```auto
hframe = my_xml.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].childNodes[1].attributes.headFrame;
trace(hframe);
```
which isn’t even right… so I have no clue what’s going on, but I figure that this will give me the face frame if it worked for the headFrame.
```auto
fframe = my_xml.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].childNodes[2].attributes.faceFrame;
trace(fframe);
```
well it doesn’t work, but guess what DOES work for the face frame
```auto
fframe = my_xml.childNodes[1].childNodes[1].childNodes[3].attributes.faceFrame;
trace(fframe);
```
how weird is that? So at this point I’m fed up and come to you guys for help… I hope you can make more sense of it than me…
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034/2 "2004-08-20T09:37:30Z")
my\_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
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### Author:  [@APDesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/APDesign)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034/3 "2004-08-20T15:18:14Z")
> [@senocular](#):
>
> my\_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
Oh man, now I feel like a total moron
> [@My\_Code](#):
>
> myXML.igoreWhite = true;
no underscore, wrong case, not even in the right spot AND a typo… I was totally looking in the wrong spot to solve this problem :sure:
Thanks for the help!
btw, can’t wait for your new XML tutorials :thumb:
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034/4 "2004-08-20T15:37:42Z")
Originally Posted by My\_Code :lol:
it happens. I still do it all the time - both things 😉
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### Author:  [@foolicious](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/foolicious)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/really-weird-xml-problem/120034/5 "2004-08-24T14:17:58Z")
Definitely, I tend to forget it too. We should have it on bumper stickers or something. 😉