> Yes, I'm quite sure.  It was obvious by visually inspecting the
> sample input XML ... there are so many text nodes there.  Did you run
> your own suggestion as a test?

I did... but for some reason the -sall switch was set for Saxon, and
my brain wasn't working, so I just trusted the output.

> I was only trying to help.  If I've misunderstood the original
> poster's question, then I withdraw my suggestion and I apologize.

no I should apologize Ken, this is such a basic thing... for some
reason at that point I thought whitespace text nodes wouldn't be
matched by text() - it dawned on me soon after :-/

I've been learning the JPA these past few days, that's my excuse...