Acually, it was a typo, but I followed it through the document.

I am testing to see if the Description Element contains no text.
The != operator is a Microsoft invention to XML.  At least that is what they are claiming on their website.

Thanks Again,

Paul R. Johnson

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On 11/4/99 at 11:43 AM Kay Michael wrote:

>> How can I test to see if a element is NOT null?
>
>Depends what you mean by null. It's not an official XML term. If you mean
>"has no children",
>try <xsl:if test="not(child::node())">
>
>> > I have tried the following:
>> > <xsl:if test="Discription $ne$ ''"<img
>
>$ne$ is a Microsoft invention. If you are using Microsoft XSL, ignore
>everything you read on this list - it's a different language.
>
>PS: is your element really called "Discription"? XSLT is not very tolerant
>of spelling mistakes.
>
>Mike Kay
>
>
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