Re: [xsl] Found the problem : Re: [xsl] Processing IDREFS attributes

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:19 PM 11/1/2005, Dan wrote:
> I found my error. I had in my actual code:
>
>  <xsl:for-each select="id(@ref)/@references">
>    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>  </xsl:for-each>
>
> So this is why the loop only executed once.

Ah cool. Yes, just the attribute is selected by the for-each here.

>  I was seeing the id() at the front thinking it was doing the full 
> lookup I was expecting. This also explains why I got the same value 
> as what was in @references. I needed:
>
>  <xsl:for-each select="id(id(@ref)/@references)">
>    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>  </xsl:for-each>

Interesting -- a double cross-reference. Could you remind us what the 
source code looks like? (Unless you think that's OT.)

Cheers,
Wendell


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