sorry i meant
<xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue[@value = 'valid'])=0)">
This goes without errors in windows
but throws
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
when run on UNIX system


----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:51 PM
Subject: Re:  unix problems


> At 2002-11-19 17:32 +0000, Laura wrote:
> ><xsl:variable name="isCorrectValue">
> >     <xsl:if test="not(string-length($demoValue/value = 'valid')=0)">
> >       <xsl:text>yes</xsl:text>
> >      </xsl:if>
> >     </xsl:variable>
> >Works fine with Win2k but fails in UNIX.
>
> I don't see how it would work meaningfully anywhere ... you are asking for
> the string length of a boolean value which when converted to a string
> becomes either "true" or "false" which means the string length will never
> be zero, which means the comparison will always be false, which means the
> not() function will always return true, so you will always see "yes".
>
> ................ Ken
>
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