RE: Using or ignoring Types in XSLT 2.0 / XPath 2.0

> In XSLT v2.0, even for a Basic 
> XSLT Processor, this is a run-time failure that I can't 
> recover from.  Somebody else must see this a problem or I am 
> missing something big somewhere in the literature.

The error isn't recoverable, but it is preventable. Before attempting
the conversion of a string to a dateTime, you can test:

<xsl:if test="$x castable as xs:dateTime">

This way you can ensure that a run-time error will not occur on invalid
data.

Michael Kay


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