a simple xml question

[iychen]

I am new to cfc/xml. When I tried to test a simple cfc function that returns an
xml object and tried to output it in a cfm page, the page returned an error
saying the value returned from function is not of type xml. what might be the
reason? The code is below. Thanks a lot

cfc:
<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="simpleXml" access="public" returntype="xml">
<cfxml variable="xmlobject">
<test>this is a test</test>
</cfxml>
<cfreturn xmlobject>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

cfm:
<cfobject name="myCFC" component="testcfc">
<cfset testxml= myCFC.simpleXml()>
<cfoutput>#toString(testxml)#</cfoutput>

[Laksma]

There is no returntype "xml". In your case, you should use "string".

Laksma

[iychen]

MX7 add the xml returntype. Check macromedia livedocs.

[Adam Cameron]

I only get that error if I run your code on CFMX6.1. On CFMX7.0, it works
fine.

You sure you're not trying to run it on a 6.1 server by accident?

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Adam