Re: easy one

Hardy,
I'm not an expert, but you need to check to see if the node name
starts with ERR. Assuming you are working in the 'user' node, you can
try this:

<xsl:if test="count(./*[starts-with(name(), 'ERR')])&gt;0">
  <!-- do something for an error node -->
</xsl:if>

It counts all child nodes whose name starts with ERR, the tests if the
count is greater than

Good luck,
Gary

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:28:15 -0400, Hardy Merrill
<hmerrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think this is probably easy for someone more knowledgeable than I am
> in XSL - I have an XML document something like this:
> 
> <user>
>     <name>Joe J# Jones</name>
>     <phone>123-456-7890</phone>
>     <ERR_name>Name may not contain invalid characters</ERR_name>
> </user>
> 
> I'm working with one "user" here.  For the user, in an "if test" I want
> to know if there are any node names within that "user" that start with
> "ERR_" - how can I do that??
> 
> <xsl:if test="count(user[starts-with("ERR_
> 
> I can't seem to find the answer.  Anyone know this off the top of their
> head?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Hardy Merrill
> 
> 


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Gary Hegenbart