Yeap that seems to have done it. Thanx Thomas. Dp.
On 9 Jun 2005 at 12:23, Thomas Bätzler wrote: > Dermot Paikkos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > > Thanx for the replies. At the moment I am testing the water > > so I am using Activestate 5.8. All I have done with > > XML::Simple is below. > > > > ============= xml-parse.pl ========= > > #!/bin/perl > > use strict; > > use XML::Simple; > > use Data::Dumper; > > > > my $file = shift; # Doesn't like this. > > #my $file = "section-xml"; # or this. > > my $config = XMLin('c:\\windows\\desktop\\section-xml'); > > You can use forward slashes as directory separators, i.e. > > my $config = XMLin('c:/windows/desktop/section-xml'); > > > I get the error: > > junk after document element at line 65, column 0, byte 1993 > > at C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 185. > > Your XML isn't well-formed. You are missing an outermost > tag that encompasses the whole document, i.e. > > <document> > <record> > ... > </record> > ... > <record> > ... > </record> > </document> > > Add the tags and it'll work. > > HTH, > Thomas > ~~ Dermot Paikkos * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
