opps.. shoudl have been bit clear in previous post. if tag is missing then $f[3] = eval { $elt->first_child('Description[@langid="1"]')->att('Value'); }; Works.But if tags are not closed properly like 
  <Category ID="1" LowPic="" Score="0" Searchable="0" ThumbPic="" UNCA
+TID="" Visible="0">
        <Name ID="0" Value="" langid="1"/>
       <ParentCategory ID="1"/>
      </Category>

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then i get an error..If i delete this .then it works.Otherwose it throws an error as mentioned earlier.

In reply to Re^5: Perl XML::Smart Out of memory! error by nasaa
in thread Perl XML::Smart Out of memory! error by nasaa

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