Peeps, I'm a bit stumped by a piece of code that doesn't behave like I think it should. I'm simply trying to parse an XML document with XML::Simple and reference one of the fields. The code is:-

    # parse the message (executed within eval so parsing errors are no
+n-fatal)
    eval {
        $parsed_xml = XMLin(
            $message,
            forcearray => 1,
            keyattr => []
        );
    };

    # if parsing errors were encountered, write the appropriate messag
+e to the log
    if ($@) {
        &stop_it($ERROR, $XMLERROR, "Parsing error encountered - $@", 
+$log_file);
    }

    $queue_name = $parsed_xml->{descriptor}->{inputQueue};
    &log_it($INFO, "inputQueue is $queue_name", $log_file);
    print Dumper($parsed_xml);
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When I check the log, $queue_name is blank. When I view the Data::Dumper output I see:-

         'descriptor' => [
                            {
                              'uniqueId' => [
                                              'X\'414d51204d534f4c5530
+3220202020203ed6d4ec00023332\''
                                            ],
                              'resubCounter' => [
                                                  '0'
                                                ],
                              'failureTimestamp' => [
                                                      '2004-01-13 15:0
+0:00.000'
                                                    ],
                              'errorCode' => [
                                               '1234'
                                             ],
                              'messageType' => [
                                                 'TEST.MESSAGE'
                                               ],
                              'inputQueue' => [
                                                'BLACKHOLE'
                                              ],
                              'destinationSystem' => [
                                                       'NOWHERE'
                                                     ],
                              'dataFormat' => [
                                                'XML'
                                              ],
                              'portfolioCode' => [
                                                   'NONE'
                                                 ],
                              'errorDescription' => [
                                                      'Blackhole messa
+ge'
                                                    ],
                              'sourceSystem' => [
                                                  'TEST'
                                                ]
                            }
                          ],
          'body' => [
                      {
                        'contents' => [
                                        'Some data'
                                      ]
                      }
                    ]
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So, it looks to me like the field descriptor/inputQueue is present but not being picked up by the code. I've had code like this working in the past but for the life of me I can't spot what I'm doing wrong. Can you? Thanks, J.

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