Thanks Martin,

We're using .NET 2.0 to handle the processing.  We'll try tour suggestions.

Thanks again.
-- 
Joe


"Martin Honnen" wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> 
> > We are using an xslt to format xml and transform it into html.  Some of the 
> > nodes in the xml are filled with spaces (the xml is from a mainframe and is 
> > providing us with data for a web page report).  The xml is formatted as such:
> > 
> > <RespinseXml>
> >   <Records>
> >     <Record>blah blah blah</Record>
> >     <Record>blah blah blah</Record>
> >     <Record>                    </Record>
> >     <Record>                    </Record>
> >     <Record>blah blah blah</Record>
> >     <Record>blah blah blah</Record>
> >   </Records>
> > <?RespinseXml>
> 
> Which XSLT processor do you use and how do you load the XML?
> Does it work as intended when you put
>    <RespinseXml xml:space="preserve">
> on your root element?
> Or if you use MSXML make sure you set
>   xmlDoc.preserveWhiteSpace = true
> before you load the XML input document.
> With the .NET framework it helps to use
>    new XPathDocument("file.xml", XmlSpace.Preserve)
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> 	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
>