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Please bear with me as I'm very new to XSL... I know how to use xsl:if to test the value of an element, but is there any way to test for the existence of an element? For example, I have a table setup in the header of a printed page. It's divided into zones, which are marked up as Zone1, Zone2, Zone3, etc. So I could have an xml file like so: <PageMeta> <HeaderConfig> <FirstPageHead> <Zone1>The Necklace</Zone1> <Zone2>Summary</Zone2> <Zone3>Spanish</Zone3> <Zone4>Copymaster</Zone4> </FirstPageHead> </HeaderConfig> </PageMeta> In my xsl file, I'm setting up FO tables - not all xml files will have all zones filled, so I want the xsl to be open to any possible configuration of zones. Is there a way to say, for example, if Zone4 does not exist then Zone2 has a number-rows-spanned value of 2? |------------------------------| | E S T H E R S T R O M, CLPP | | Notes Application Development| | McDougal Littell | | 909 Davis Street | | Evanston, IL 60201 USA | | w: 847.424.3209 | | e: esther_strom@xxxxxxxx | |------------------------------|
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