Hi

> I have an application where I need to use a decimal format, with both
> the
> grouping-separator AND the decimal-separator attributes set to the 
> empty string. This causes the following exception using Xalan. 
> 
> javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: An XSLT attribute of type
> T_CHAR must be only 1 character!
> 
> Looking at the definition for this element - I can understand 
> why I get
> the exception.
> 
> My question is - can I achieve the above functionality without 
> writing a java extension ?

This is most likely a bug in Xalan. Try your stylesheet with another XSTL processor, and if it ok with empty attribute values, report is as a bug to Xalan development team.

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