Subject: Re[2]: [xsl] selecting an element in an external doc using its id attribute From: Cindy Mazza <clm6u@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:42:14 -0400 |
Thank you so much for your help - it worked beautifully - that's exactly what I needed. JP> Cindy Mazza wrote: >> But when I try to find an element whose id attribute is equal to the >> value of the 'from' variable, I get an error saying "Unexpected token >> [<function>] in path expression." >> >> <xsl:variable name="from" select="@from"/> >> <xsl:variable name="docnode" select="document('../texts/odes.xml')"/> >> <xsl:message> >> <xsl:value-of select="$docnode//id($from)"/> >> </xsl:message> >> JP> You can't use id() this way. A slash '/' in an XPath mus be JP> followed by another step, and functions, like id(), do not JP> fall into this category (in XPath 1.0). JP> Use either a predicete JP> <xsl:message> JP> <xsl:value-of select="$docnode//*[@id=$from]"/> JP> </xsl:message> JP> (supposed all your ID attributes are named "id") JP> or change the context using an xsl:for-each: JP> <xsl:message> JP> <xsl:for-each select="$docnode"> JP> <xsl:value-of select="id($from)"/> JP> </xsl:for-each> JP> </xsl:message> XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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