1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gsxws/core.py b/gsxws/core.py
index 9eed125..ccaf16b 100644
--- a/gsxws/core.py
+++ b/gsxws/core.py
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ class GsxObject(object):
         obj = GsxObject()
 
         for r in el:
+
             newitem = cls.from_xml(r)
             k, v = r.tag, r.text
 
@@ -386,6 +387,9 @@ class GsxObject(object):
 
             if isinstance(v, basestring):
 
+                if v == "":
+                    continue  # Don't set empty values at all...
+
                 v = unicode(v)  # "must be unicode, not str"
 
                 # convert dates to native Python type