As a somewhat aside: for XML encoding detection:<br><br><a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/363841" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/363841
</a><br><br>&nbsp;Paul Prescod<br><br>