if I give (doc2/'metas').inner_html <meta name="date" /><metastring name="value">test</metastring><meta name="url" /><metastring name="value">test1</metastring><meta name="job" /><metastring name="value">testdata</metastring><meta name="url" /><metastring name="value">21546</metastring> I am not able to understand why the <meta> tag gets closed before enclosing <metasring> as in the xml i expeced the result as <meta name="date"><metastring name="value">test</metastring><meta> Kindly help -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.