[Flashcoders] xml and e4x searching question

2009-02-19 Thread Ferd Berfel
hello, newbie here... I'm trying to understand searching xml with e4x why does this work: var staff:XML = Marco Crawley James Crawley Designer var results:XMLList= staff.*.(POSITION == "Designer") and this does not? var staff2:X

[Flashcoders] Re: xml and e4x searching question

2009-02-20 Thread Ferd Berfel
Thank you very much Taka and Kenneth - that answers my question. The question, and my example, was academic; I was wondering how is it supposed to work since it didn't seem to follow the pattern for children at a second level. I usually have a healthy amount of attributes in use however, I thought