Well Microsoft's XSLT processors don't support XPath 2.0.

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Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
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"rote" <naijacoder@h...> wrote in message 
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> Joe i actually want to use this in a sharepoint dataview webpart.
> And when i use <xsl:value-of select="replace(@Title,':','&lt;br&gt;')" />
> i get error replace is not  a valis XSLT or XPATH function
> any workarounds?
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> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
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>> "rote" <naijacoder@h...> wrote in message 
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>>> I know this is possible.
>>> i have users pasting too long titles on a webpart.
>>> What i want to do is to insert a <br>
>>>
>>> break line if it finds a semi colon like :
>>>
>>> So for example - THE BOY IS BIG : THE GIR IS SMALL
>>> will be become
>>>
>>> THE BOY IS BIG
>>> THE GIR IS SMALL
>>>
>>> Any ideas what to use ..as an xpath expression e.g contains() or maybe 
>>> starts-with..
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>>
>> There are a number of string-replace templates online, look at EXSLT for 
>> example.
>> If you can use XSLT 2.0 then there are built-in features for this, 
>> xsl:analyze-string and the replace function.
>>
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>>
>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>>
>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>
>>
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