hi
have this function in asp

Function ProjectSetting(value)
dim v_objXML, v_rootnode
Set v_objXML = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0")
v_objXML.Async = False
v_objXML.Load(Server.MapPath("../configuration/settings.xml"))
set v_rootnode = v_objXML.documentElement
ProjectSetting = v_rootnode.selectsinglenode("param[@name='"" & value & ""']").text
End Function

But the function results every time in an error because variable "value" has not yet any data.

Even when I try to use the funcion WITH data, still an error.

How to work around this correctly ?

Thx a lot

Do one thing,

dim v_objXML, v_rootnode
Set v_objXML = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.4.0")
v_objXML.Async = False
if (v_objXML.Load(Server.MapPath("../configuration/settings.xml"))) then
set v_rootnode = v_objXML.documentElement
ProjectSetting = v_rootnode.selectsinglenode("param[@name='"" & value & ""']").text
end if

This should solve Ur Problem. The error U might be getting is becoz of the XML file not loaded, and U r trying to access the nodes before the file is loaded.

Thanks and regards,

Raj Babar

I think your problem is in here:

ProjectSetting = v_rootnode.selectsinglenode("param[@name='"" & value & ""']").text

What that code is actually resulting in is an XPATH querry of:

    param[@name='" & value & "']

You have extra quotes. Change it too:

ProjectSetting = v_rootnode.selectsinglenode("param[@name='" & value & "']").text

Peter

I think planoie is right.