> How do I test for the presence of an attribute?  I have a tag:
> 
> <GROUP name="Bob">Some verbage here</GROUP>
> 
> I'm trying this command:
> 
> <xsl:template match="GROUP">
>   <xsl:if test="@name">
>     Do some stuff.
>   </xsl:if>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> It never reaches the 'Do some stuff' line even though GROUP 
> possesses a 'Bob' attribute, why?

Because there's something wrong in the code that you haven't shown us.

What you are doing is fine, the error is elsewhere.

Michael Kay