IF Action and XML

Dear Clovertechers,

I’m having some difficulty with an IF statement in an xlt that uses xml for both input and output record format

The IF statement looks like

nm1:OMG_O19.nm1:OMG_O19~ORDER(%g1).nm1:ORC.nm1:ORC~25.nm1:CWE~1.#text  eq =C01

Yes I know the source field name is LONG

When I try to test the xlt I get

[0:TEST] IF expression parse failed: Expected a relational operator

Error occurred at: ‘C~25.nm1:CWE~1.#text  eq =C01’

[0:TEST] Unable to compile XLT ‘omg_o19_gcrs_pbrc.xlt’.

Its almost as if the soure field name gets truncated

So I tried copying the source field to @orc25 (a temporary variable) then modify my If statement to look like

@orc25 eq =C01

This does not give an error but for some reason the IF statement always equates to false (even thought I know the value of @orc25 is C01)

So I tried setting another temporary variable to C01  so my IF statement becomes

@orc25 eq @test_value

Same result IF stetment always false

I have treid using == rather than eq – same result IF stement always false

So in desperation I tried

@orc25 eq @orc25 and IF statement was true

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can test the value of a XML source field against a constant

Cheers,

Bill