Xmlparse assumes that any preliminary checks and validations have been performed and that the string being passed in is well-formed XML.
I can see what you are saying, but xmlparse could receive its input from absolutely anywhere so it wouldn't really work very well for xmlparse to try and catch those errors. The onus is on the programmer to ensure they have well-formed XML before they knock on xmlparse's door. ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Che Vilnonis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:15 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Failing gracefully when using xmlParse()... Knew that. Thought xmlparse had something similar "baked" into it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4