Can you say infinite loop? I knew you could.

diff --git a/xsl/html/table.xsl b/xsl/html/table.xsl
index 00f6503876b1b56a528f68dabc120dba259c3772..37d0d25b761530f13402524350148a75db1fd909 100644 (file)
--- a/xsl/html/table.xsl
+++ b/xsl/html/table.xsl
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 <!-- ==================================================================== -->
 
 <xsl:template match="tgroup" name="tgroup">
-  <xsl:if test="not(@cols)">
+  <xsl:if test="not(@cols) or @cols = ''">
     <xsl:message terminate="yes">
       <xsl:text>Error: CALS tables must specify the number of columns.</xsl:text>
     </xsl:message>