Chuck,

If you need a specific node, try XPath. Assuming your real document looks something like this:

<Customers>
    <Customer>
        <Name>Chuck</Name>
        <State>MN</State>
    </Customer>
    <Customer>
        <Name>Bob</Name>
        <State>TX</State>
    </Customer>
</Customers>

and your DOMDocument is named oDoc:

oCustomerNode = oDoc.docmentElement.selectSingleNode("Customer[Name='Chuck']")

XPath can be intimidating when you first start using it, but it can be a very useful tool.

HTH