Can't see anything wrong with the snippet you posted, which probably means
that the true error is elsewhere. Try to isolate it to a complete test case
that other people can run.

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: a kusa [mailto:akusa8@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 24 February 2010 15:50
> To: xsl-list
> Subject:  cast failed-invalid lexical value error
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to do something very simple here.
> 
> I am counting a certain node, and adding 1 to it.
> 
> So as simple as count(preceding-sibling::text) +1.
> 
> I keep getting this error = 'Error in XPATH 2.0. cast 
> failed-invalid lexical value error'
> 
> What is wrong with this? It is a simple addition.
> 
> Can the experts please explain this?