XML problem

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013, Richard Kreiss wrote:

>I have a program that parses a return xml file that has been in use since
>2006.  There has been no change in the parsing code since then.

>The other day, my client called to say that the records had not been
>updated properly.  This is a credit card approval program.

...
>Any suggestions as to why on the initial run the program is failing to
>parse correctly but when the same parsing routine is run a second time, it
>works properly?

Bad RAM?

Bill
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