# XML too large...throwing error

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**Created:** [March 18, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-too-large-throwing-error/255072 "2008-03-18T18:58:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulcybulski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90db22/32.png) [@paulcybulski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/paulcybulski)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-too-large-throwing-error/255072/1 "2008-03-18T18:58:43Z")

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I have recently increased the size of my exhibitor xml to include exhibitor info for booths that are not rented…basically I want each booth to be represented in my list components…here is the code to read in my XML…

```auto

function loadExXML(url:String)
{
    var listWidth:Number = 34;
    listAccChild1.exList.hScrollPolicy = "off";
    listAccChild1.exList.rollOverColor="0x999999";
    listAccChild1.exList.selectionColor="0x666666";
    listAccChild1.exList.textSelectedColor="0xffffff";
    listAccChild2.exList.hScrollPolicy = "off";
    listAccChild2.exList.rollOverColor="0x999999";
    listAccChild2.exList.selectionColor="0x666666";
    listAccChild2.exList.textSelectedColor="0xffffff";
    
    var boothArray:Array = new Array();
    var boothCounter:Number = 0;
    var tempCounter:Number;
    
    var ExList:XML = new XML();
    ExList.ignoreWhite = true;
    _global.boothArray = new Array();
    _global.exIndex = new Array();
    _global.exName = new Array();
    _global.cID = new Array();
    _global.boothID = new Array();
    _global.add1 = new Array();
    _global.add2 = new Array();
    _global.city = new Array();
    _global.state = new Array();
    _global.country = new Array();
    _global.zip = new Array();
    _global.contact = new Array();
    _global.phone = new Array();
    _global.fax = new Array();
    _global.email = new Array();
    _global.web = new Array();

    _global.dataSet = new Array();

    ExList.onLoad = function()
    {
        var nodes = this.firstChild.childNodes;
        numOfItems = nodes.length;
        for(var i=0; i<numOfItems; i++)
        {
            _global.exName* = nodes*.attributes.ex_name;
            _global.cID* = nodes*.attributes.c_id;
            _global.boothID* = nodes*.attributes.booth_ID;
            _global.add1* = nodes*.attributes.add1;
            _global.add2* = nodes*.attributes.add2;
            _global.city* = nodes*.attributes.city;
            _global.state* = nodes*.attributes.state;
            _global.country* = nodes*.attributes.country;
            _global.zip* = nodes*.attributes.zip;
            _global.contact* = nodes*.attributes.contact;
            _global.phone* = nodes*.attributes.phone;
            _global.ax* = nodes*.attributes.fax;
            _global.email* = nodes*.attributes.email;
            _global.web* = nodes*.attributes.web;
        }
        for(var j=0; j<_global.exName.length; j)
        {
            if(_global.exName[j]!=" ")
            {
                do
                {                
                    _global.boothArray[boothCounter] = j;
                    boothCounter++;
                    j++;
                }while(_global.exName[j-1] == _global.exName[j]);
                
                listAccChild1.exList.addItem({label:_global.exName[j-1], data:_global.boothArray});
                
                if(_global.exName[j-1].length > listWidth)
                {
                    listWidth = _global.exName[j-1].length;
                    listAccChild1.exList.hScrollPolicy = "on";
                    listAccChild1.exList.maxHPosition = listWidth-25;
                }
                boothCounter = 0;
                _global.boothArray = [];
            }
        }
        for(var k=0; k<numOfItems; k++)
        {
            _global.dataSet[boothCounter] = k;
            //if(_global.boothID[k]
            listAccChild2.exList.addItem({label:parseInt(_global.boothID[k]) + ": " + _global.exName[k], data:_global.dataSet});
            
            if(_global.exName[k].length > listWidth)
            {
                listWidth = _global.exName[k].length;
                listAccChild2.exList.hScrollPolicy = "on";
                listAccChild2.exList.maxHPosition = listWidth-25;
            }
            listAccChild2.exList.sortItems(numSort);
            boothCounter = 0;
            _global.dataSet = [];
        }
    }
    ExList.load(url);
}

```

please excuse all the extra mumob jumbo…it deals with duplicates in the list and things like that…it seems that once the xml is larger than about 300 lines…the XML looks somewhat like this…

\<EXHIBITORS\> \<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Aardvark Mechanical” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“1231” add1=“58 Gross Street” add2="" city=“Milltown” state=“IL” country="" zip=“60234” contact=“SALES” phone=“815-724-8721” fax=“815-724-9393” [email="PHillden@Aardvark.com](mailto:email=%22PHillden@Aardvark.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“ABC Company” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“549” add1=“678 Benton Strret” add2="" city=“Aurora” state=“IL” country="" zip=“60505” contact=“SALES” phone=“630-888-9797” fax=“630-888-9798” [email="BConrad@ABCcompany.com](mailto:email=%22BConrad@ABCcompany.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“ABC Company” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“2037” add1=“678 Benton Strret” add2="" city=“Aurora” state=“IL” country="" zip=“60505” contact=“SALES” phone=“630-888-9797” fax=“630-888-9798” [email="BConrad@ABCcompany.com](mailto:email=%22BConrad@ABCcompany.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“ABC Marketing Group” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“1533” add1=“123 Anywhere St.” add2="" city=“Main” state=“WV” country="" zip=“45454” contact=“SALES” phone=“456-888-0921” fax=“456-888-0922” [email="SWest@ABCMarketing.com](mailto:email=%22SWest@ABCMarketing.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Able Weights and Ferns” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“337” add1=“60 Queen Court” add2=“Mail Station E” city=“Aurora” state=“IL” country="" zip=“60331” contact=“SALES” phone=“331-555-5555” fax=“331-567-9921” [email="JSmith@AbleWeights.com](mailto:email=%22JSmith@AbleWeights.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Applied Computer Technology” c\_ID=“C:\EXPOCAD 69\Progra” booth\_ID=“1245” add1=“69 S. LaSalle Street” add2="" city=“Aurora” state=“IL” country="" zip=“60505” contact=“SALES” phone=“630-896-2281” fax=“630-898-5387” [email="Sales@Expocad.com](mailto:email=%22Sales@Expocad.com)" web=“[www.BrestewRed.com](http://www.BrestewRed.com)”/\>  
.  
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\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Available - 10’ x 10’” c\_ID="" booth\_ID=“1943” add1="" add2="" city="" state="" country="" zip="" contact="" phone="" fax="" email="" web=""/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Available - 10’ x 10’” c\_ID="" booth\_ID=“2042” add1="" add2="" city="" state="" country="" zip="" contact="" phone="" fax="" email="" web=""/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Available - 10’ x 10’” c\_ID="" booth\_ID=“2043” add1="" add2="" city="" state="" country="" zip="" contact="" phone="" fax="" email="" web=""/\>  
\<EXHIBITOR ex\_name=“Available - 10’ x 10’” c\_ID="" booth\_ID=“2142” add1="" add2="" city="" state="" country="" zip="" contact="" phone="" fax="" email="" web=""/\>  
\</EXHIBITORS\>

how would I go about breaking the load down so that its not trying to load the whole XML all at once?