well ok, the node does exist (says api) but the document does not. In fact searching the datebase: 

select * from umbraconode where id=2097
select* from cmsdocument where nodeId =2097
select* from cmsContent where nodeId=2097
select* from cmsPropertyData where contentNodeId=2097

returns nothing.

I tried:

- republish entire site
- reindex.aspx
- publish (inc children and unpublished children)

all no result.

What am I trying to do: If somewhere on the site (featuring vakantion parks) a new park is published, on another section, under the correct country, the region must be created. I use the before publis eventhandler.

- list "region" documents under "country"
- if region is not there, create it.

Now in this case, ChildrenAsTable returns a set of nodes with one node that I cannot see in the umbraco backend tree structure. And further on in the code I have to do something whith the found node so I ned to load the document. An error sas it does not exist. I can load it as node (var n=new node(2097)) however...

wtf?!