I am transforming an XML document to HTML. The XML document may or may not contain a certain element. If the element is present it will contain a numeric value within a range of 0 to 5.

In the HTML output I want to display a checkbox and have the checked attribute of the checkbox depend on the value contained in the XML element. Even if the element is not present in the XML document I want the checkbox to show in the HTML output. The code I wrote does not work - the checkbox does not display when the element is not present in the XML document. Below is a snippet of the code:

<td class="b33_row">NOB
      <xsl:if test="PROF=0"><input type="checkbox" id="b33_nob_cbx" checked="checked"/></xsl:if>
      <xsl:if test="PROF!=0"><input type="checkbox" id="b33_nob_cbx"/></xsl:if>
</td>

In this case PROF is the name of the XML element. Can anyone tell what I am doing wrong?

Regards,

Rich

PROF=0 will be true if the element is present and equal to zero.

PROF!=0 will be true if the element is present and not equal to zero.

You probably want not(PROF=0) which is true if the element is not present or not equal to zero.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Mr. Kay,

Your suggestion worked. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Regards,

Rich