XMLFIND in DAL script

Question

Hello,
I have some problems with the xmlfind function in the DAL scripts.  Gendata crashes every time i run and i have tried several different combinations of xml find:
This is a part of the xml file:
<activities>
            <activitiesList>
                <code>801240</code>
                <secondActivity>football</secondActivity>
                <name>John</name>
            </activitiesList>
            <activitiesList>
                <code>801116</code>
                <secondActivity>basketball</secondActivity>
                <name>Adam</name>
            </activitiesList>
            <activitiesList>
                <code>801410</code>
                <secondActivity>shotput</secondActivity>
                <name>Claire</name>
            </activitiesList>
        </activities>
XMLFIND:
%listH = LoadXMLlist("activities.xml");
%textList = xmlfind (%listH,"activities","activitiesList");
I used isxmlerror to check if %listH is valid and it did return 1.  my problem is with xmlfind and gendata crashing before any error message can be displayed.  I would appreciate any help regarding this issue. 
Thank you.
P.S. I read through the DAL_book.  nothing helped.

Answer 1

Actually, I'm thinking that the IsXMLError() function is documented incorrectly. If you look at the help on the item, you see:
This function returns one (1) if there no errors occur or zero (0) if errors do occur.
%xListH=LoadXMLList("test.xml");
If (IsXMLError(%xListH)) Then
  return ("Error");
EndIf
return(aStr);
The example is at odds with the description. I believe the example is correct. A non-zero return from IsXMLError() means there was either an error or the parameter name you passed is not a valid xml list variable. If there is no error on the list variable, then the function will return 0.