[xsl] Re: Comparing nodes in XPath

Subject: [xsl] Re: Comparing nodes in XPath
From: António Mota <amsmota@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:48:03 +0000
I don't understand, it seems that none of the expressions is working
ok afterall.

@id=Conn is allways false

@id=$conn is allways true

I think i save this for monday...

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:42:12 +0000, Antsnio Mota <amsmota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why is this xpath NOT working
>
> <xsl:value-of
select="document('connections.xml')/connections/connection[@id=Conn]"/>
>
>  and this IS
>
> <xsl:variable name="conn" select="Conn"/>
> <xsl:value-of
select="document('connections.xml')/connections/connection[@id=$conn]"/>
>
> I can think that the first is comparing a attribute to a node so it
> allways returns a node set(0)?
>
> And the second is comparing a attribute with a string?
>
> I also tryed using text(Conn), Conn/text() and some others, but none work,
>
> This is probably a basic question, maybe it's getting late for me...

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