<xsl:template match="ELEMENT">
your current node is the ELEMENT node.
    <xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="ELEMENT = 0">No Change</xsl:when>
you are testing for ELEMENT children of the current node.

so don't do that, do this:
    <xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test=". = 0">No Change</xsl:when>

David


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