XML Omit Null Value Elements w/ Hierarchy

[gsbrown]

I'm working with an embedded element and I want the entire structure omitted if the child element is NULL. I have "Omit Null Elements" checked, but it's only removing the child element and leaving the parent element. Is there a way to code this or the XSD to remove both the child and parent elements if the child element value is null?

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<xs:element name="EMail">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element type="xs:string" name="EMailAddress"/>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

If the EMailAddress value is NULL, that tag is getting omitted from my output, but I still get the "<EMail/>" tag output. How can I omit that one as well?

[gsbrown]

BAH! Another case of "discovered the fix immediately after posting a forum question"!. Let me share what I did. Simply adding a MinOccurs="0" to the XSD omits the parent element if the child element is omitted.

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<xs:element name="EMail" minOccurs="0"> 
  <xs:complexType> 
    <xs:sequence> 
      <xs:element type="xs:string" name="EMailAddress"/> 
    </xs:sequence> 
  </xs:complexType> 
</xs:element>