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Re: testing child elements for text
- From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin at mitretek dot org>
- To: <xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:34:39 -0400
- Subject: Re: [xsl] testing child elements for text
- References: <CF698667C737D41198E50060943F3CF6F68273@hoexch03.amica.com>
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I just wrote
"[CROFT, MICHAEL]
>
> What is a way to test if the parent element has any children that actually
> have data? I will only process the parent if it has children that contain
> data.
>
<xsl:apply-templates
select='InsClaimsAdverseClaimantContact[*]'/>
You might want to look at Michael Kay's post from a few hours ago (subject:
RE: [xsl] Best practices), too."
This is good if you are looking for child ***elements***. If you are
looking for child ***text***, this will do it:
<xsl:apply-templates
select='InsClaimsAdverseClaimantContact[text()]'/>
Cheers,
Tom P
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