dean, :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : From: Dean Mah : : Unless anyone has objections, I will run : a Perl script that changes the articles : directly in the database. :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i'm fine with that so long as the script *only* changes entities within <pre></pre> blocks. also, it should probably only replace <, >, and " with the proper entities and leave all other entities alone (for now). what exactly did you have in mind? thanks, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/