so would this mean that this is a bug in XALAN??

More likely a configuration problem of some kind.

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From: "Joerg Heinicke" <joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx>

Seems to be a processor specific problem. The statement is correct. What about test="string($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])" or test="normalize-space($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])".

Shorter and less

conversions in it.

Regards,

Joerg