Well, it becomes a null - so if I do select1.toString() in the trace I just
get a runtime error.. And I don't want to turn the results of my query into
a string, because I need it as an XML ref.
2009/4/17 Glen Pike <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk>
> Have you tried the toString or toXMLString for this - check the XML class
> for the proper function name...
> Glen
>
>
> Tim Hawkins wrote:
>
>> Hi Matt,
>> No, afraid not.. I actually use the select1 variable elsewhere, so it's
>> not
>> just that trace which is the problem.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion though!
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/4/17 Matt S. <mattsp...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Does it make a difference if you write the trace as :
>>>
>>> trace("formData="+formData);
>>> trace("select1:"+ select1);
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/17/09, Tim Hawkins <tim...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've come across this a few times in my own code, but haven't seen it
>>>> mentioned online - though it's a difficult thing to google for.
>>>>
>>>> In the following function, if the trace at the top is present, formData
>>>> traces a load of XML and select1 also traces a load of XML.
>>>>
>>>> If I comment out the top trace, formData still traces the same pile of
>>>>
>>>>
>>> XML
>>>
>>>
>>>> but select1 traces null!
>>>>
>>>> public function testMakeModelFilterWorks():void {
>>>>
>>>> trace("");
>>>> default xml namespace = NAMESPACE;
>>>>
>>>> var select1:XML = formData..select1[2];
>>>> trace("formData=", formData);
>>>> trace("select1:", select1);
>>>>
>>>> // etc
>>>> default xml namespace = null;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas? I'm getting fed up of leaving 'trace("");//don't delete me'
>>>> at
>>>> the top of functions.
>>>> (I don't think it's a timing thing, if I put a 100000-item
>>>> increment-a-variable loop in there instead of a trace the E4X still
>>>>
>>>>
>>> fails.)
>>>
>>>
>>>> t.
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