RE: text nodes

> Thanks to both David and Jarno for examples which
> work on the test file I provided.  My problem now
> is when I attempt (just changing element names) to
> use this on the real file in question I get an
> error message of:
> 
> java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out 
> of range: -1
> 
> I've increased the amount of memory I'm giving saxon to the
> maximum possible for that machine, in case that is what the
> problem is.  The file in question isn't *huge* only about
> a meg.

A Java exception like this (in the absence of extension functions or the
like) is prima facie evidence of a bug. Report it please on the Saxon list!

Michael Kay