"MDW" <MDW@d...> wrote in message 
news:A3B198F8-333D-4AE7-B17C-29CA672E3018@m......
> Hey all,
>
> I'm just starting out with XML/XSL, so I apologize if this is a stupid
> question. I'm working on formatting some XML documents for display on the Web
> (I doubt there will be any other use of them for any other application).
>
> I'm creating several documents that will have a CreatedDate element. Also,
> if there has been a change since the doc was created, there may also be a
> LastModified element. On the Web page, I want to display something like this:
>
> "Created: 12/23/2003
> Last Modified: 04/27/2004"
>
> but obviously, if something hasn't been modified, I don't want to display
> that second line. How, in XSL, can I test whether the LastModified element is
> there? (It also may be there, but be empty.)
>
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!
<xsl:if test="LastModified != ''">
  <!-- do something -->
</xsl:if>

You may need to modify the XPath to match your context node. If you just want to 
test if the element exists at all use:
test="LastModified".


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html/conXSLT.asp?frame=true


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Joe (MVP - XML)

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8AA9D5F5-E1C2-44C7-BCE8-8741D22D17A5