http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-24T21:49:45 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000539.htm#84355 error at doc. this one works just fine:<br /><cfif IsXmlElem("OrdersDoc.orders.order[i].phone")> <br /> phone found<br /><cfelse><br /> phone not found<br /></cfif> kim il sung 0 0 2008-05-27T03:46:17 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000539.htm#39417 Note that using this function to test the existance of a node will fail.<br /><br />#IsXMLElem(xmlobject.order.items.item.title)# does not return false. It errors out. sdwebguy99 0 0 2005-09-13T16:00:04