You are right :-) on both counts :-) On 01/11/28 3:43 PM, "Tom Bradford" <bradford@dbxmlgroup.com> wrote: > > Oh yeah? > > if ( thisElem.getNamespace().equals(thatElem.getNamespace()) ) > > Put that in your pipe and smoke it! :) You must be one of those people > who write stuff like: > > if ( 55 == speed ) ... > > How dare you, sir! > > -- Tom