Re: [xsl] unix problems.. change of approach

["Laura" <xsl_list@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear people,
I have now decided that i will change my approach to solve this. I only need
your help.
I have xml structure like ..
<demoValues>
    <demoValue value = 'valid'>
        valid value
    </demoValue>
    <demoValue value = 'invalid'>
        invalid value
    </demoValue>
</demoValues>
The problem is  i need to set a variable to true or false based on the
following criteria.
if i find a  demovalue element with value attribute = "valid" and which is
not empty,
then the variable isCorrectValue should be "yes"

I do not want to use the approach as in ..

>>><xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue">
> > >>>    <xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue[@value =
'valid'])=0)">
> > >>>      <xsl:text>yes</xsl:text>
> > >>>     </xsl:if>
> > >>>    </xsl:variable>
Because this fails in UNIX.
so i thought i use something like.
<xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue"
select="normalize-space($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])"/>
which would give my "isCorrectValue" a boolean true or false.
this is not working..
If anyone can correct the above statement to get the boolean value as i
wanted , then  string($isCorrectValue) will give me literal true or false,
which i can make use later.

Can anyone help me please.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura" <xsl_list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [xsl] unix problems


> so would this mean that this is a bug in XALAN??
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [xsl] unix problems
>
>
> > Seems to be a processor specific problem. The statement is correct. What
> > about test="string($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])" or
> > test="normalize-space($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])". Shorter and less
> > conversions in it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Joerg
> >
> > Laura wrote:
> > > sorry i meant
> > > <xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])=0)">
> > > This goes without errors in windows
> > > but throws
> > > java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
> > > when run on UNIX system
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:51 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [xsl] unix problems
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>At 2002-11-19 17:32 +0000, Laura wrote:
> > >>
> > >>><xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue">
> > >>>    <xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue/value = 'valid')=0)">
> > >>>      <xsl:text>yes</xsl:text>
> > >>>     </xsl:if>
> > >>>    </xsl:variable>
> > >>>Works fine with Win2k but fails in UNIX.
> > >>
> > >>I don't see how it would work meaningfully anywhere ... you are asking
> for
> > >>the string length of a boolean value which when converted to a string
> > >>becomes either "true" or "false" which means the string length will
> never
> > >>be zero, which means the comparison will always be false, which means
> the
> > >>not() function will always return true, so you will always see "yes".
> > >>
> > >>................ Ken
> >
> >
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> >
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