I have an XML file "r1.xml" Code: <root> <val>Value1</val> <val1>value2</val1> </root> I have an ASP script file as below Code: dim rootName12 Set objXML = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") Set objLst = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") objXML.async = False objXML.Load (Server.MapPath("r1.xml")) If objXML.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then 'handle the error End If Set rootName12 = objXML.documentElement Set nm= rootName12.childNodes.item(0).tagName [B]' I am 'getting error here[/B] But i am getting an error like this Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8) Object required: 'rootName12' Can anyone help??? thanks