Re: [xsl] Getting name of and element

["cutlass" <cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

u can get the name of the element with the name() function, apologies if u
know this already.

cheers, jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:53 AM
Subject: [xsl] Getting name of and element


> Well, I now have a different problem, being that I don't get the expected
> attribute at all (see mails about getting attribute from root-node). Is
> there a way for me to get the _name_ of the root-element?
>
> That is, I need the name of the node, not what it contains:
> XML:
> ..
> <TopmostNodeWithANameThatIDoNotKnow>Has not the attribute that I am trying
> to extract</TopmostNodeWithANameThatIDoNotKnow>
> ..
>
> I want the name so that I can see where things goes wrong - I expect that
we
> try to put the attribute into a differently named node (which does not
give
> an error, unfortunately).
>
> If I can just put the name into a variable, I can then print out the name
of
> the value. Incidently, how do you get the names of the attributes that a
> given node has, if possible?
>
> Hope you can help me
> (With help, I mean "Yes, this can be done and you do this...", not "No way
> of doing what you want" ;-)
>
> Sincerly
> Ragulf Pickaxe :)
>
>
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