[EP-tech] Re: epc:if tests for the existence of values in a compound field

[Field A.N.]

Hi Ian

	Can you be more explicit about the way in which it doesn't work?

	Have you considered the EPrints Control switch statement:

		<epc:choose>
			<epc:when test='creator'>....</epc:when>
			<epc:otherwise>.....</epc:otherwise>
		</epc:choose>

	See http://wiki.eprints.org/w/EPrints_Control_Format#epc:choose.2C_epc:when.2C_epc:otherwise

	...also, are you sure the field isn't called 'creators'?

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Adam Field
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EPrints Services




On 25 Feb 2015, at 09:26, Ian Stuart wrote:

> I'm writing a citation schema, and when it comes to compound fields, I 
> don't want to have a table with just the column headings.
> 
> I tried
> 
>       <epc:if test="creator"><epc:print expr="creator" /></epc:if>
>       <epc:if test="!(creator)"><epc:phrase ref="eprint_field_nodata" 
> /></epc:if>
> 
> ... but this doesn't seem to work
> 
> (and yes, I've restarted the server..... but that shouldn't make a 
> difference for a generate-static)
> 
> I'm getting no errors from the xml file, and if I add in a sneaky <hr /> 
> them that appears in the re-built page.
> 
> How do I avoid rendering these empty tables?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ian Stuart.
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