Re: testing for null string in a node

If you are trying to find NAME/FN elements that have text content, you
can use

<xsl:when test="FN/text()>

-- 
K. Ari Krupnikov

DBDOM - bridging XML and relational databases
http://www.iter.co.il


mxmodi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to be able to test if the value of a certain node is empty and
> depending on the result, perform more functions. I am having some troublwe
> understanding how to test for that. Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Here is the sample XML:
> 
> <root>
> <Names>
>   <Name>
>     <FN>aaa</FN>
>     <LN>bbb</LN>
>     <Dates>
>       <Date>
>         <Begin>11/11</Begin>
>         <End>12/11</End>
>            <Projects>
>               <Project>
>      <Name>proj a</Name>
>      <Code>abc-123</Code>
>               </Project>
>            ........More <Project> Nodes
>            </Projects>
>       </Date>
>        .....more <Date> Nodes
>     </Dates>
>   </Name>
>     ...........more <Name> Nodes
> </Names>
> </root>
> 
> Here is the sample XSL:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> ...perform some code...
> <xsl:apply-templates select="//Names/Name" >
> <xsl:sort select="FN" />
> </xsl:apply-templates>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl: template match="Name">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="*[not(child::FN)]">
> ...do something...
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> ...do something else...
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> 
> ...continue doing rest of the stuff..
> </xsl:template>
> 
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

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K. Ari Krupnikov

DBDOM - bridging XML and relational databases
http://www.iter.co.il


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