The code: Dim Qry Set Qry = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument") Qry.load Server.MapPath( soapAction & ".xml") Qry.setProperty "SelectionLanguage", "XPath" Qry.selectSingleNode("//contentId").Text = intContentId Returns the following error: Microsoft VBScript runtime error '800a01a8' Object required: 'Qry.selectSingleNode(...)'