From: Kevin Tambascio Date: 2006-12-16T06:30:29+09:00 Subject: Re: REXML usage bill walton wrote: > I should have noted, in case the point wasn't clear from the code > sample, > > the string vs. file issue has nothing to do with REXML. Understood...I wasn't able to find an explanation of why sometimes I receive a file, and when I receive file contents. As for the other issue (NIL root object), I tried the same sequence in irb and it loaded/parsed the file without issue. So I'm guessing it's an issue with the Rails environment. It takes 3-4 seconds to parse when I open the file with irb, but the rails framework returns immediately, like it's not even parsing the file. The development.log doesn't seem to point to any issues. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.