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Hi! I have this statement which selects a element in the input xml. <xsl:value-of select="abc:def/optionalelement"/> The element is optional. So I am looking for a conditional statement which selects the element if it exists and returns the a default string otherwise. This snippet should work, but abc:def/optionalelement must be evaluated twice. :-( (the actual xpath expression is more complicated) <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="abc:def/date"> <xsl:value-of select="abc:def/date"/> </xsl:when> <xsl:other>0000-00-00</xsl:other> </xsl:choose> Any ideas? Regards, Sebastian -- PLANETS-Webdesign - Web Applications Sebastian Prehn Adlerstr. 56, 70199 Stuttgart www.planetswebdesign.de PGP keyID: 0x3507AF63
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