RE: [xsl] Finding out the existence of a node

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi,
>      is there a way to find out if a particular node exists in an 
> xml file or not?
> For example, I have an xml file which has a node <MyName>, how can 
> I know if the same node is also present in another xml file which 
> the stylesheet is processing?

A node can only be present in one document. I guess you mean you want to
test if the other document has at least one node with the same name.

<xsl:if test="document('other.xml')//*[name()=name(current())]">

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> 
> <xsl:variable name="node_name" select="local-name()"/>
> gives me the name of the node into the variable node_name.
> 
> <xsl:param name="source" select="./Doc.xml"/>
> gives selects the path of Doc.xml into $source
> 
> Now how do I know whether $node_name is present in Doc.xml or not? 
> Please help me out.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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