Re: checking for empty elements?

James...

Beautiful!!!! It worked great.

Thanks a lot,
Gabi.

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Carlyle" <james.carlyle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 4:12 AM
Subject: RE:  checking for empty elements?


> Gabi
>
> > How do I check if an element is empty (even if it has other child
> > elements)?
> > I am using xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"...
>
> I can't help you if you are using an old XSLT processor that conforms to
the
> old WD spec.  Most people on this list would advise you to upgrade first.
>
> You appear to want to test for text nodes inside descendant elements of
GT1.
> An element like <DOB></DOB> will have no contained text node.
>
> If you were using a 1.0 spec-compliant processor, the following would
work:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>    <xsl:template match="/">
>       <contains>
>          <xsl:if test="not(GT1/descendant::*/text())">
>         <empty />
>          </xsl:if>
>       </contains>
>    </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> James Carlyle
>
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