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Subject: RE: need help with boolean comparison in XSL
From: sal rosales <dhx10000@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:36:13 -0800 (PST)
a propstat a prop
Thank you Michael for the clarification and help with
my syntax. It worked like a charm. I'm just starting
off at this and still have a long way to go.

Sal


--- Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > I have this comparison on my XSL page currently:
> > 
> > <xsl:when test="a:propstat/a:prop[office:EndDate
> !=
> > '']">
> > 
> > It is checking to see if the EndDate property
> exists.
> 
> No it isn't. It's checking if the element exists and
> is non-empty.
> 
> > My xml page is generated from properties (which
> are
> > sort of the equivalent of fields from a database)
> that
> > are pulled from a web storage system from
> Microsoft's 
> > sharepoint portal server.
> > 
> > I need to check if an EndDate AND StartDate are
> equal
> > to each other but I'm not writing the correct
> syntax.
> > I tried this, and other iterations, but I receive
> an
> > error every time:
> > 
> > <xsl:when test="a:propstat/a:prop[office:EndDate =
> 
> > a:propstat/a:prop[office:StartDate]]">
> > 
> > Can you please help with this?
> > 
> a:propstat/a:prop[office:EndDate = office:StartDate]
> 
> selects all those a:prop elements that have endDate
> = startDate (they
> must both be present, and equal to each other).
> 
> But perhaps the EndDate and StartDate are children
> of different a:prop
> elements that are children of the same a:propstat? 
> 
> In that case you want:
> 
> a:propstat[a:prop/office:EndDate =
> a:prop/office:StartDate]
> 
> Michael Kay
> Software AG
> home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> 
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