problems getting nodes from XML

im having the toughest time getting my selectSingleNode function to work.  It doesnt want to select anything.  I keep getting this error :
Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8)
Object required: '[object]'
/VBSportal/welcome.asp, line 66
 
The red line is the one that is failing.  what am i doing wrong.
 

[/color][color=#000000]
     set divXML=server.createobject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
     divXML.async=false
 
     divXML.loadXML(xmltxt)
     
     dim sel
     sel = "<select name='divlist' value='-- Choose division --'>"
     
     dim code
     dim desc
     [color=#ff0000]set divs = divXML.selectsinglenode("/DATA/DIVS").childNodes[/color]
 
     for each div in divs
         code = div.Text
         desc = code.Substring(3)
         code = code.Substring(1, 1)
         sel = sel & "<option value='" & code & "'>" & desc & "</option>"
     next
     sel = sel & "</select>"
     
     response.write(sel)
 

 
 
This is my xml :
the blue tag is what I want to select so that I can create a select box of all the DIV items.
<DSIOUT>
    <DATE>04-19-2007 15:14:31</DATE>
    <XMLVERSION>1.0</XMLVERSION>
    <XMLENCODING>UTF-8</XMLENCODING>
    <DATA>
        <DIVS>
            <DIV>P-PACCAR</DIV>
            <DIV>B-MERCEDES</DIV>
            <DIV>F-FREIGHTLINER</DIV>
            <DIV>M-MACK</DIV>
            <DIV>C-CUMMINS</DIV>
            <DIV>D-DETROIT</DIV>
        </DIVS>
    </DATA>
</DSIOUT>

I think this is an encoding issue.  Im getting my XML from a web service.  i took the code from the web service and pasted it directly into the script and it works.  however when the exact same code is returned from the web service it doesnt work.  can this be an encoding issue?

What if you tried this:
divXML.selectsinglenode("//DSIOUT/DATA/DIVS").childNodes

I think I tried that.  I really think its an encoding issue.   I could be wrong but the reason that I think this is because if I copy the xml as a static string into the program it works fine.  but when the web service returns this I cant select anything.


Error Type:
Microsoft VBScript runtime (0x800A01A8)
Object required: 'divXML.selectsinglenode(...)'
/VBSportal/functions.asp, line 33

note:

i had the program response.write() out the output that I recieve from the web service without doing the LoadXML().  this is what is returned from the web service:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<string xmlns="&lt;DIVS&gt;&lt;DV&gt;P-PACCAR&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;B-MERCEDES&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;F-FREIGHTLINER&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;M-MACK&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;C-CUMMINS&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;D-DETROIT&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;K-CATERPILLAR&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;W-VOLVO/GM&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;X-MISCELLANEOUS&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;R-REBUILT&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;H-HARDWARE&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;O-GAS'>http://localhost/DSWebService/WebService">&lt;DIVS&gt;&lt;DV&gt;P-PACCAR&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;B-MERCEDES&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;F-FREIGHTLINER&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;M-MACK&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;C-CUMMINS&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;D-DETROIT&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;K-CATERPILLAR&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;W-VOLVO/GM&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;X-MISCELLANEOUS&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;R-REBUILT&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;H-HARDWARE&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;O-GAS, OIL AND GREASE&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;Y-YAMAHA&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;S-DIRECT SHIP PACCAR&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;N-NISSAN&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;I-INTERNATIONAL&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;V-VOLVO&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;Z-ZEBRA&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;U-ISUZU&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;DV&gt;a-stuff&lt;/DV&gt;&lt;/DIVS&gt;</string>
 
 
Update:  I just realized that I should tell  you that I made a change to the xml.  notice that the DIV tags are now DV.  a co worker pointed out that DIV is already a used tag so I changed it.

i found a work around and I dont like it but it works.  i have to do 2 loads of the XML and it works.
 
        divXML.LoadXml(ws.QueryWebService())
        divXML.LoadXml(divXML.text)
 
does this help anyone kinda figure out what im doing wrong?