WhiteSpace in XML

I created xml file from database and i have whitespace inside of element node: eg
<id>12 </id>
how can i eliminate whitespace when i use xslt on it.. i'm trying this:
<xsl:value-of select="/results/record[id=12]"/>
but it doesnt give me anything.. because i have whitespace inside of id element.. help me please
-Sumit

Use one of the XPath string functions. I don't have my reference book here but the one you want is called something like normalize-text, so look it up in your reference. Your element would then look something like this:
<xsl:value-of select="/results/record[normalize-text(id)=12]"/>

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