XML Form - Textarea - Blank Space Issue

I'm trying to use a cftextarea inside an XML form and every
time I do it keeps putting a space inside of the text area. I've
tried a few things and found that it's related to the following.
In the _formelements.xsl in the \CFIDE\scripts\xsl directory.
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>< !-- extra space at
end, in case no value is defined -- >
Trouble is, if I take that out, it blows up the whole page.
Is there any way around this or any type of quick fix for it?
It's annoying to have my db updated with a blank space. If not I
guess I'll have to check each and every textarea and make sure a
blank space is not placed into my database... very annoying.

Have you found a solution to this bug? I just came across it
myself.

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