> /default:feed/default:entry/default:summary/text() You're asking for text nodes. In the XPath view of the document, there is no such thing as an empty text node, so the empty elements have no children and do not contribute to this result.
If you want to see them, search for the elements and then ask each one for its text content as a separate operation. ______________________________________ "... Three things see no end: A loop with exit code done wrong, A semaphore untested, And the change that comes along. ..." -- "Threes" Rev 1.1 - Duane Elms / Leslie Fish ( http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/songs/threes-rev-11.html)