>I reviewed solutions that did that. IE seems to have strayed from W3C. Firefox innerHTML shows the quotes.
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>IE innerHTML, as long as quotes are not required to assemble an XML or restore the previous state will work. I had two issues. For XML, dimension tags like WIDTH need to have quotes (WITDH="0") and function assignments need quotes. In IE, I would have to have a smart routine shopping for phrases like "WIDTH" or "onclick" and then determine where to embed the quotes (or coded quotes).
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>My solution was to leave the SPAN blank until the client requested a "proper" innerHTML from the web service.

Ok, good to know you resolved it.