No, because:

test="*" 

is short for 

test="child::*" 

(which is a test for all of the child nodes of type "element") - so it
will not test for attributes, PIs, comments etc.

Rgs,

Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Mitchell [mailto:Richard.Mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 September 2001 09:02
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  Child Nodes
> 
> 
> David
> > > A predicate like [1<=count(*)] will do that for you.
> > or, simpler: *
> > 
> > 
> > <xsl:when test="*">there are children</xsl:when>
> > <xsl:otherwise>there are none</xsl:otherwise>
> > 
> Hmmm won't this test for comments and processing instructions?
> 
> Richard
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