Counting children in MSXML

[Joao Pedro Martins <jota@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am using MS's XML/XSL engine, and I need to test
the existence of children elements of a element being
matched in a template, as follows:

the xml is something like:

<SECTION>
	<ELEMENT>1</ELEMENT>
	<ELEMENT>2</ELEMENT>
	<ELEMENT>3</ELEMENT>
	<ELEMENT>4</ELEMENT>
	...
</SECTION>

The <ELEMENT>'s are optional.

As to the xml:

...
<xsl:template match="SECTION">
	<xsl:if test="there are element's in this section">
	...
	</xsl:if>
</xsl:template>


I suppose this test could also be made in the apply templates
line:

<xsl:apply-templates order-by="@ORD" data-type="number" 
select="SECTION[where children ELEMENTs count> 0]" />


Can anyone give me hint?


Thanks in advance,
j
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