I don't know if this helps or not, but here's an interal KB we have on a ToString/XML bug:
CFMX function toString() outputs null when attempting to output a XML document created with the <cfxml> tag. Example:<cfxml variable="ticker"> <xmlticker> <cfoutput > <tickeritem><headline> #XMLFormat(Trim(tempText))# </headline> <link> #XMLFormat(Trim(tempLink))# </link></tickeritem> </cfoutput> </xmlticker> </cfxml> <!--- this will output null when sandbox security is enabled ---><cfoutput>ToString Result: #ToString(ticker)#</cfoutput> The preceding toString() function outputs null or an empty string. Answer/Solution: The following solution was found on Macromedia's forums. (see reference below) 1. Copy and paste this CF code into the template where the toString function is being used. <!--- Standardized, JAXP-based version ---> <!--- (info on JAXP at http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/) ---> <cffunction name="XmlToString" returntype="string"> <cfargument name="Xml" required="true"> <!--- Classes from the standard Java/JAXP APIs ---> <cfset var stream = CreateObject("java", "java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream")> <cfset var transformer = CreateObject("java", "javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory").newInstance().newTransformer()> <cfset var domsource = CreateObject("java", "javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource")> <cfset var streamresult = CreateObject("java", "javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult")> <!--- Initialize class instances ---> <cfset stream.init()> <cfset domsource.init(Arguments.Xml.getDocumentElement())> <cfset streamresult.init(stream)> <!--- Perform the actual serialization ---> <cfset transformer.transform(domsource, streamresult)> <!--- Return the result ---> <cfreturn stream.toString()> </cffunction> 2. replace the toString() function with XmlToString() in the CF Code. Reference: http://webforums.macromedia.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=143&threadid=461867 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187959 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
