Have u looked at the various find and replace XSLT options

EXSLT
http://www.exslt.org/str/functions/replace/index.html

FXSL
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/


though if u have a huge file u may have to break up xml or use a filter

gl, jim fuller




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