XPATH query - node exists? 1

[russland]

hi, i need to verify if a node with a specific value e.g. 'id' exists in my xml document? if i do this /employees/employee[id='4'], it would return nothing into my ixmlnode (visual basic). but i don't want to check for nothing ond that new node. how can i check? maybe something smart with length?

xml doc
<employees>
<employee><id>1</id><name>John Wayne</name></employee>
<employee><id>2</id><name>Max Payne</name></employee>
<employee><id>3</id><name>Jimy Hendrix</name></employee>
<employees>

 

[jel]

I don't understand what you want: if you use a DomDocument, and you ask for a specific node and it returns nothing, then what more do you want?

 

[chiph]

You can use the count() function in your XPath. It will always return a node -- you just have to check if it's value is greater than 0.

Chip H.


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[russland]

thanks to both of you. i preved the second solution/answer.

thanks again.