Re: [xsl] unix problems

[Joerg Heinicke <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>]

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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