Curt Arnold The "getAttribute(name)" method returns an empty string if no value was assigned to an attribute and no default value was given in the DTD file. Retrieve the last child of the last employee, then invoke "getAttribute(name)" method, where "strong" is an attribute without a specified or DTD default value. The "getAttribute(name)" method should return the empty string. This method makes use of the "createAttribute(newAttr)" method from the Document interface. 2002-06-09