1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type

Hi,
I created a webservice based on sql server 2005 with several methods successfully.
I am having headach now just trying to do some simple tests with Flex :-(
I used the "Import WebService", it created some code "generated webservices".
My test method p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX is based on a sql procedure wich take a varchar (128) as a parameter => NAL_NOM.
I am just trying to debug this function (error at line in red)
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            //agenda.addfindEntryEventListener(handleSearchResult);
            myWS.addp_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEXEventListener(handleSearchResult);
            // Call the operation if we have a valid name.
            if(name!= null && name.length > 0)
               myWS.p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX(name);
I got this error message:
067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type generated.webservices:NAL_NOM_type1.
FLEX has creaetd a type called NAL_NOM_type1 for my class:
* NAL_NOM_type1.as
* This file was auto-generated from WSDL by the Apache Axis2 generator modified by Adobe
* Any change made to this file will be overwritten when the code is re-generated.
package generated.webservices
    import mx.utils.ObjectProxy;
    import flash.utils.ByteArray;
    import mx.rpc.soap.types.*;
     * Wrapper class for a operation required type
    public class NAL_NOM_type1
         * Constructor, initializes the type class
        public function NAL_NOM_type1() {}
        public var varchar:String;public function toString():String
            return varchar.toString();
I tried to do myWS.p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX(NAL_NOM_type1(name));
and also declared "name" as NAL_NOM_type1... but i still get this error.
This is how it declared my webservice method:
        public function p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX(nAL_NOM:NAL_NOM_type1):AsyncToken
             var _internal_token:AsyncToken = _baseService.p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX(nAL_NOM);
            _internal_token.addEventListener("result",_P_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX_populate_results);
            _internal_token.addEventListener("fault",throwFault);
            return _internal_token;
I am even not on the level of assigning the data to my grid... i just want to see how it gets the data first in debug.
Thanks in advance for you help.
kr,
Meta

Thanks _Natasha_
I tried this:
var t = new NAL_NOM_type1();
t.varchar = name;
myWS.p_SEARCH_NAME_SOUNDEX(t);
It passes the 1st step :-) but I get another error now :-/
I think it try to get back NAL_NOM_type1 from the server of course on the WSDL side it know only NAL_NOM
Error: Cannot find definition for type 'http://NABSQL64DEV/::NAL_NOM_type1'
at mx.rpc.xml::XMLEncoder/encodeType()[C:\autobuild\3.2.0\frameworks\projects\rpc\src\mx\rpc \xml\XMLEncoder.as:1426]
I guess I have to change my constructor type... i am not used to these stuff :-s
is this generating method the best way to access your data with webservices?
the turorials I saw are xml file or array based... is there any link similar to my issue so I can learn better?

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      // Holds the shuffle button.
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      var cols:int = 12;
      var rows:int = 9;
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      var cells:int = cols * rows;
      // Sets cell width and height to 40 pixels.
      var cellW:int = 40;
      var cellH:int = 40;
      // Holds 108 cell images.
      var imageArray:Array = [];
      // Holds 108 numerical values for the cells in the grid.
      var cellNumbers:Array = [];
      // Constructor calls "generateGrid" and "makeShuffleButton" functions.
      public function Blanko()
           generateGrid();
           makeShuffleButton();
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       grid = new Sprite;
       var i:int = 0;
       for (i = 0; i < cells; i++)
            cellNumbers.push(i % 9 + 1);
       trace("Before shuffle: ", cellNumbers);
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       trace("After shuffle: ", cellNumbers);
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            // This next line is where the implicit coercion occurs. "_cell" is a sprite that tries
               to temporarily equal an array value.
            _cell = drawCells(cellNumbers[i]);
            _cell.x = (i % cols) * cellW;
            _cell.y = (i / cols) * cellH;
            grid.addChild(_cell);
// Creates a "shuffle" button and adds an on-click mouse event.
private function makeShuffleButton():void
       var _label:TextField = new TextField();
       _label.autoSize = "center";
       TextField(_label).multiline = TextField(_label).wordWrap = false;
       TextField(_label).defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 11, 0xFFFFFF, "bold");
       _label.text = "SHUFFLE";
       _label.x = 4;
       _label.y = 2;
       shuffleButton = new Sprite();
       shuffleButton.graphics.beginFill(0x484848);
       shuffleButton.graphics.drawRoundRect(0, 0, _label.width + _label.x * 2, _label.height +
                                            _label.y * 2, 10);
       shuffleButton.addChild(_label);
       shuffleButton.buttonMode = shuffleButton.useHandCursor = true;
       shuffleButton.mouseChildren = false;
       shuffleButton.x = grid.x + 30 + grid.width - shuffleButton.width;
       shuffleButton.y = grid.y + grid.height + 10;
       this.addChild(shuffleButton);
       shuffleButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onShuffleButtonClick);
// Clears cell images, shuffles their numbers and then assigns them new images.
private function onShuffleButtonClick():void
   eraseCells();
   shuffleCells(cellNumbers);
   trace("After shuffle: ", cellNumbers);
   for (var i:int = 0; i < cells; i++)
    drawCells(cellNumbers[i]);
// Removes any existing cell images from the display stack.
private function eraseCells(): void
   while (imageArray.numChildren > 0)
    imageArray.removeChildAt(0);
// Shuffles cell numbers (randomizes array).
private function shuffleCells(_array:Array):void
   var _number:int = 0;
   var _a:int = 0;
   var _b:int = 0;
   var _rand:int = 0;
   for (var i:int = _array.length - 1; i > 0; i--)
    _rand = Math.random() * (i - 1);
    _a = _array[i];
    _b = _array[_rand];
    _array[i] = _b;
    _array[_rand] = _a;
// Retrieves and assigns a custom image to a cell based on its numerical value.
private function drawCells(_numeral:int):Array
   var _classRef:Class = Class(getDefinitionByName("skin" + _numeral));
   _classRef.x = 30;
   imageArray.push(_classRef);
   imageArray.addChild(_classRef);
   return imageArray;
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     Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Rothrock,
     Thank you for the reply. Let me address a few things here in the hopes of allowing you (and others) to better understand my reasoning for doing things in this manner (admittedly, there is probably a much better/easier approach to what I am trying to accomplish which is one of the things I hope to learn/discover from these posts).
     The elements inside my "imageArray" are all individual graphics that I had imported, changed their type to movie clips using .Sprite as their base class (instead of .MovieClip) and then saved as classes. The reason I did this was because the classes could then be referenced via "getDefinitionByName" by each cell value that was being passed to it. In this grid every number from 1 to 9 appears randomly 12 times each (making the 108 cells which populate the grid). I did not, at the time (nor do I now), know of a better method to implement for making sure that each image appears in the cell that has the corresponding value (i.e. every time a cell has the value of 8 then the custom graphic/class "skin8" will be assigned to it so that the viewer will be able to see a more aesthetically pleasing numerical representation, that is to say a slightly more fancy looking number with a picture behind it). I was advised to store these images in an array so that I could destroy them when I reshuffle the grid in order to make room for the new images (but I probably messed up the instructions).
     If the "drawCell" function only returns a sprite rather than the image array itself, doesn't that mean that my "eraseCells" function won't be able to delete the array's children as their values weren't first returned to the global variable which my erasing function is accessing?
     As for the function name "drawCells," you have to keep in mind that a) my program has been redesigned in stages as I add new functionality/remove old functionality (such as removing text labels and formatting which were originally in this function) and b) that my program is called "Blanko."
     I will try and attach an Illustrator exported JPG file that contains the image I am using as the class "skin7" just to give you an example of what I'm trying to use as labels (although it won't let me insert it here in this post, so I will try it in the next post).
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