Check for null value and Check if child tag exists

Hi,

I'm working on transfering data from and XML file to Oracle Database. For
this I need to convert my XML File into the canonical form with the help of
an XSLT. These are a few problems am facing

1) I need to be able to check if a particular tag has one or more child tags
and be able to get their values.

2) I also need to be able to finout if a tag has a null value.

Here is a sample of my xml file and the xsl file and the xml I need to get.

The original xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<World>
<Country Name="Afghanistan">
<Region Name="Herat">
<City Name="Herat" Time="GMT+04:30"></City>
</Region>
<City Name="Kabul" Time="GMT+04:30"></City>
<City Name="Kandahar" Time="GMT+04:30"></City>
<City Name="Mazar-e Sharif" Time="GMT+04:30"></City>
</Country>
<Country Name="Albania">
<City Name="Shkoder" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Tirane" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
</Country>
<Country Name="Algeria">
<Region Name="Algiers">
<City Name="Alger" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Annaba" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Blida" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Constantine" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Oran" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
<City Name="Skikda" Time="GMT+01:00"></City>
</Region>
</Country>
<Country Name="American Samoa">
<City Name="Pago Pago" Time="GMT-11:00"></City>
</Country>
</World>

The XSL file

<rowset xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xsl:version="1.0">


<xsl:for-each select="World/Country">
<xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="World/Country[Region/@Name=' ']">
<row>
	<country><xsl:value-of select="@Name"/></country>
	<region><xsl:value-of select="Region/@Name"/></region>
	<city><xsl:value-of select="Region/City/@Name"/></city> 
</row>
		<xsl:if test="Region/text()">
		<row>
		<country1><xsl:value-of select="@Name"/></country1>
		<city1><xsl:value-of select="City/@Name"/></city1> 
		</row>
		</xsl:if>

</xsl:when>
	<xsl:otherwise>
<row>
	<country2><xsl:value-of select="@Name"/></country2>
	<region2><xsl:value-of select="Region/@Name"/></region2>
	<city2><xsl:value-of select="Region/City/@Name"/></city2> 
</row>
	</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
<xsl:if test="City">
<xsl:for-each select="City">
<row>
<country3><xsl:value-of select="Country/@Name"/></country3>
<city3><xsl:value-of select="@Name"/></city3>
</row>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
</rowset>

This is the file I require but have not suceeded as yet

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rowset>
	<row>
		<country>Afghanistan</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Herat</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Afghanistan</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Kabul</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Afghanistan</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Kandahar</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Afghanistan</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Mazar-e Sharif</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Albania</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Shkoder</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Albania</country>
		<region/>
		<city2>Tirane</city2>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Alger</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Annaba</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Blida</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Constantine</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Oran</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>Algeria</country>
		<region>Algiers</region>
		<city>Skikda</city>
	</row>
	<row>
		<country>American Samoa</country>
		<region/>
		<city>Pago Pago</city>
	</row>
</rowset>

Thanks 

Priya


Sincerely,

Priya Ann Pinto
Software Engineer - Java
Email : Priya.P@xxxxxxx



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