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> I'm not sure if MSXML provides the ability to turn whitespace-stripping off; > whether it does or not, the fact that it's the default for > XSLT-in-the-browser seems to violate the spirit of the XSLT specification > (if not the letter), If used via the styleshet pi then there is no way to turn this off, which makes it virtually impossible to reliably style XML documents using client side XSLT in IE (which is a shame given that it has really a very good XSLT implementation). Inter-word spaces can vanish even from the middle of a text node (in the Xpath view) so there is no chance of detecting this from the xsl stylesheet, even if you know you are running in msxml. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
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