RE: [xsl] Re: Determining whether no single instance of a specific node exists

Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: Determining whether no single instance of a specific node exists
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:37:49 +0100
>      <xsl:when test="count(not(b/c)) &gt;= 1">
> 
> This statement looks correct, but it isn't working for me. 

I haven't followed the thread, but...

In XSLT 1.0, applying count() to anything other than a node-set is an error
(one of the very few dynamic errors defined in XPath 1.0). It's being
applied here to a boolean.

In XSLT 1.0, applying count() to a boolean always returns 1.

So the statement doesn't look correct at all.

Perhaps (count(b[not(c)]) &gt;= 1) was intended.

Regards,

Michael Kay
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