Try
<xsl:variable name="APOS">&apos;</xsl:variable>
<xsl:if test="contains($string, $APOS)">

Matt

     I also tried it like this: <xsl:if test="contains($string, &apos;)">
and <xsl:if test="contains($string, '&apos;')"> but got exceptions like the
one above.




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