XSL IF TEST

[markSaunders]

any obvious errors with this code?

<xsl:if test=&quot;DESCR.[.[ignore]&quot;[/ignore]HOT TAP[ignore]&quot;[/ignore]]&quot;>
	TIS TRUE SO IT IS!!
</xsl:if test>

i want to simply test if the field [tt]DESCR[/tt] is equal to HOT TAP. i do realise that there are other ways but i specifically want to use this construct from other tests (example, checking if a particular field is empty etc.

i have no idea what the relevance of the .'s either side of the square brackets, but this is at it appears on MSDN - i've tried with one,both,none of them to no avail!

PS the speech marks either side of HOT TAP are actually in my code as & q u o t (cant stop this ruddy thing from reformatting them ;-)) Mark Saunders

 

[Kirilla]

Hi.

Try the following:

<xsl:if test=&quot;DESCR[.=&quot;HOT TAP&quot;]&quot;>
TIS TRUE SO IT IS!!
</xsl:if test>

regards, Kirilla

 

[Kirilla]

Sorry. There is an Error:

<xsl:if test=&quot;DESCR[.='HOT TAP']&quot;>
TIS TRUE SO IT IS!!
</xsl:if test>

regards, Kirilla

 

[markSaunders]

still no joy with this same syntax!

is there some dependancy on factors such as if i use ..
xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl

or the one with the TRANSFORM text on the end etc?

it seems that everytime i view a tutorial/example etc the 'version?' being used differs - consequently it seems that certain elements of the xsl are not applied if you put the same syntax in another document refering to a different namespace?

any idea of where i can read about the relevance of these differences? or the benefits of one over the other?

cheers
m Mark Saunders