I have a simple web services client written in Java. The essence of it is about 30 lines of code. It sends an XML message of about 20 lines to a web service and receives an XML response that may be as many as 8000 lines. I have searched the web and have bought the books Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development with Rails but find nothing that leads me to what I need. I would appreciate suggestions. Peter -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.