Quite true.

I was not aware of XML::Simple, and after seeing the example by broquaint, I withdraw my original comment. Use that (if it meets your needs of course).

I find I spend much less time writing my XML documents, and alot more time parsing, manipulating, transforming, etc etc etc. And 9 times out of 10 I end up writing quick one-off scripts to build that initial XML document.

But, nuff said, I concede the stupidity of my initial remark.

-stvn