I have the following code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
                                                                      
+                                                       
#use strict;
use SOAP::Lite +debug;
                                                                      
+                                                       
                                                                      
+                                                       
my $luser="my_user";
my $pass="my_pass";
                                                                      
+                                                       
my $mls_schema="<SchemaName>NWMLSStandardXML</SchemaName>";
my $mls_status="A";
my $mls_county="lewis";
my $mls_start="2004-11-26T00:00:00";
my $mls_stop="2004-11-27T10:30:00";
                                                                      
+                                                       
my $query="<Message><Head><UserId>$luser</UserID>
<Password>$pass</Password>
$mls_schema
<Status>$mls_status</Status>
<County>$mls_county</County>
<BeginDate>$mls_start</BeginData>
<EndData>$mls_stop</EndDate>
</Head></Message>";
                                                                      
+                                                       
print "Current Query: $query\n";
                                                                      
+                                                       
my ($uri,$server,$endpoint,$soapaction,$method,$method_urn);
                                                                      
+                                                       
$uri="http://www.nwmls.com/EverNetServices";
$server='http://evernet.nwmls.com';
$endpoint="$server/evernetqueryservice/evernetquery.asmx";
$method='RetrieveListingData';
                                                                      
+                                                       
my $soap=SOAP::Lite->new(uri =>$uri, proxy => $endpoint) ->on_action(s
+ub { sprintf '"%s/%s"', shift,shift })  ;
                                                                      
+                                                       
my $response=$soap->call(SOAP::Data->name($method)
        ->attr({xmlns=>$uri})
        => SOAP::Data->name(v_strXMLQuery=>$query));
if ($response->fault){
        printf "A fault (%s) occurred: %s\n",
        $response->faultcode,$response->faultstring. join ("\n\t",@_).
+"\n";
}
else
{print "$response->result\n";}
                                                                      
+                                                       
exit;

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When I run it I get the following error response:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http:
+//schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/20
+01/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><
+soap:Body><RetrieveListingDataResponse xmlns="http://www.nwmls.com/Ev
+erNetServices"><RetrieveListingDataResult>&lt;Listings&gt;&lt;Respons
+eMessages&gt;&lt;Message&gt;&lt;Error&gt;System.NullReferenceExceptio
+n: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReader..ctor(String xmlFragment, XmlNodeType f
+ragType, XmlParserContext context)
   at EverNetLib.EverNetUtility.QueryParseOperations.CheckWellFormedNe
+ss(String v_strUserName, String v_strXmlQuery, XmlValidatingReader xv
+rReader)
   at EverNetLib.EverNetUtility.QueryParseOperations.ValidateQuery(Str
+ing v_strXmlQuery, MessageCollections&amp; r_mcMessages, Boolean blnB
+uildQueryParamCollection)
   at EverNetQueryService.EverNetQuery.ValidAndRemotingEnabled(String 
+v_strXmlQuery, String v_strMethodName)
   at EverNetQueryService.EverNetQuery.RetrieveListingData(String v_st
+rXmlQuery)&lt;/Error&gt;&lt;/Message&gt;&lt;/ResponseMessages&gt;&lt;
+/Listings&gt;</RetrieveListingDataResult></RetrieveListingDataRespons
+e></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

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Being new to both SOAP and object oriented programming I am not sure where this error is coming from. I am guessing it is something relatively easy. I would greatly appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

Thanks. Tony

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