Eric Lease Morgan writes > Unfortunately, I am unable to access the water_id attribute. While > the water_id attribute displays as a part of my data source and list > views, whenever I try to actually access the water_id attribute my > application crashes as illustrated by the linked screen shot. [1] I don't use JavaScript, but DOMscripting. var water_elements=d.getElementsByTagName('water'); for (count=0; count < water_elements.length; count++) { var my_water_element = water_elements[count]; var id_attribute = my_water_element.getAttribute('id'); alert id_attribute; } Disclaimer: I had a class of mead with mixed with sherry before typing this. I don't know what an iphone is. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel