> I would to test a element value and i see if the first character has
> a dash ( - ) .
> The element to test is  "DATA[@FIELDID='10061']/@VALUE"

That's an attribute, not an element.
Have a look at the starts-with function in XPath.
<xsl:if test="starts-with(DATA[@FIELDID='10061']/@VALUE, '-')"> ...

Cheers,
Oliver

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