RE: Getting the data type of an element

I don't know about MSXML4, but in XSLT 2.0 you do this with

test="data(.) instance of xs:boolean"

Michael Kay

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> Anderson, Rick A
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> Subject: [xsl] Getting the data type of an element
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>
> Hi,
> I want to be able to convert the "true" and "false" strings 
> to "1" and "0", respectively, when I get the value of a 
> boolean type element. However, I want to be sure the XSD 
> schema has defined the element as type boolean, and it is not 
> just a string element with the value "true". I think I need 
> to know the data type of an element, but I cannot find a 
> MSXML4 property or method that returns this type information, 
> using the schema.
>
> Does anyone know how I can do it?
> Thanks.
>
> Richard A. Anderson, NCR Corporation
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