Re: [xsl] using variables correctly

["Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Krueger, Philipp" <Philipp.Krueger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [xsl] using variables correctly
> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:41:13 +0200
>
> i try to write a dynamical database using xsl-processing and somehow i 
> can't
> get the variables to work correctly:
>
> <xsl:if test="$search != ''">
> <xsl:for-each select="database/computer[@owner = $searchparam]">
>
> the if works, the for works as well, but only if i use "@owner" - if i 
> write
> the following line "<xsl:for-each select="database/computer[$search =
> $searchparam]">" ($search is "@owner") the output stays empty... now i
> wonder: why does comparing to a variable work with "xsl:if" but not with
> "xsl:for-each"? i also tried setting the whole content of the
> "select"-statement as a variable but that neither worked ($search was
> "database/computer[@owner = $searchparam]"). i also tried to set $search to
> $search = "$searchparam" and use that as in "<xsl:for-each
> select="database/computer[$search]">"but that neither worked. i am 
> desperate
> - can anybody help, please?
>
> greetings,
>
> philipp
You could change the for-each to:
<xsl:for-each select="database/computer[@*[name() = $search] = 
$searchparam]">

but then $search would have to contain 'owner' rather than '@owner'. If you 
are using namespaces on the attributes you can change name() to 
local-name().

Joe

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