RE: [xml-dev] xpath expression with fallback if no match is found

> Im not sure which xpath version my saxon test program 
> supports, since the transformation of your first suggestion 
> failed with "expected ")".

That probably means you're using the old Saxon 6.x processor, which only
supports XSLT 1.0. The current release is Saxon 9.1.

> > 
> > <xsl:value-of select="(abc:def/date, '0000-00-00')[1]"/>
> > 

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/