[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Archie Russell) wrote: >i love XML::Simple for its simplicity, but the order thing has been >kind of a problem for me too. is it possible that the hash >implementation could be changed by XML::Simple so that it always >maintains order? this may be a ridiculous notion, i haven't explored >perl in this way before. It's not such an outlandish notion. Check out Tie::LLHash and Tie::IxHash on CPAN. ------------------- ------------------- Ken Williams Last Bastion of Euclidity [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Math Forum