> I have a bit of simple code using xalan to get a certain > node value, but in the case the node does not exsist I > expect it to throw an exception, which doesn't happen.
You will get an empty node-set, not an exception. > When I use ->str on the result object I get an empty string. > How can I know the path does not exist? If you are sure your expression evaluates to a node-set, call the node-set() function on the resulting XObject and get its length. Dave
