<!--- Build an XML document object. ---> <cfxml variable="xmlData"> <root> <a1>Meep</a1> <a2>Meep</a2> <a3> <b1>Dink</b1> <b2>Meep</b2> </a3> <a4>Blam</a4> </root> </cfxml> <!--- Get all nodes in the XML document that have the child text node, "Meep". We don't care where the node is or they are related... we only care about this inner text value. ---> <cfset arrNodes = XmlSearch( xmlData, "//*[ text() = 'Meep' ]" ) /> <!--- Dump out results. ---> <cfdump var="#arrNodes#" label="All Nodes By Text Value" />