thanks, Tom, works fine now.
kathy
-----Original Message-----
From: Passin, Tom [mailto:tpassin(_at_)mitretek(_dot_)org]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:24 PM
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: RE: [xsl] <xsl:choose> not working -- always results with <xsl:
otherwise>?
[Kathy Burke]
Hi, I'm trying to use the following choose statement, but
when I change my
xml text to test for both conditions, the results of
<xsl:otherwise> always
show, never the first <choose> which tests (I thought) to see
if the text
node of <measure> is empty. If <measure> is an empty element,
I would like
to give the user an input box, otherwise, just show the data already
entered. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
The xml is simply either <measure name="firstpass">20 mm</measure> or
<measure name="firstpass/>.
<xsl:template match="measure">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="normalize-space(.)">
You probably want
not(normalize-space(.)
^^^
<input type="text" name="{(_at_)name}" value="{.}"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
Entered: <value-of select="."/>
You meant to write
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
^^^
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
With these corrections, it does what you want.
Cheers,
Tom P
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