When reading in the site element from my xml file using rexml it seems to be chopping the rest of the text off after the first <br/> The value in the XML file is below <Site>123 street<br/>amstown<br/>amserland</Site> element = REXML::XPath.first(doc, '//Site') puts element.text #shows 123 Street How can i get the full data and once i have it i can remove the <br/> I cant find any information on this????? JB -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.