a processor intensive method would be


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:template match="/">

 <xsl:variable name="test" select="boolean(//a)"/>

 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


where the node u are looking for is a, if a is present it would be true

the result is placed in a variable named test.

though this may be optimised if u tell us a little bit more of the situation
u want to achieve.

cheers, jim fuller


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Samways" <rsamways@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject:  Finding if a node exists


> Hi all,
>
> How could I check an entire xml document for the existence of one
> particular node, before determining to do something with its contained
> information (if any)?
>
> Thanks..
> Robin..
>
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