I don't know if I what I want to do is to create an XML tree form scratch. What I am doing today is taking an XML tree and parsing it into data packets, then I am sending the data packets into a 4GL DataBase environment. What is supposed to happen in Phase II of this creation is that I am to take the data packets (aka Data Stream double quote delimitted text) and create an XML Tree to send back to the originator. So, please tell me, is this something that I need to use XML::Writer for. As near as I can tell all that XML::Simple and XML::Parser do is take incoming trees apart. What I really need help with is putting an outgoing tree together. Any help would be oh so very much so appreciated.