Paul Watson wrote: > Explicit [XML declaration] is better than implicit. Yes indeed. "Always use an XML declaration" http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipdecl.html -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://fourthought.com http://copia.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org Articles: http://uche.ogbuji.net/tech/publications/