Re: [xsl] Newbie Question with @value

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2006-03-28 14:58 -0500, Falls, Travis D (HTSC, CASD) wrote:
> I have the following XSLT which is from an example:
> ...
>                                                 <xsl:if test="@type='radio'">
>
> <asp:RadioButtonList id="{@name}" runat="server">
>
> <xsl:for-each select="choice">
>
> <asp:ListItem Value="{@value}">
>
> <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
>
> </asp:ListItem>
>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </asp:RadioButtonList>
> ...
> I have the following XML file:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <survey name="Example Survey">
>         <question type="text" name="Title" required="yes"/>
>         <question type="text" name="Industry"/>
>         <question type="radio" name="Education">
>                 <choice>High School</choice>
>                 <choice>Some College</choice>
>                 <choice>College</choice>
>         </question>
> </survey>
>
> and I get the following output
> ...
>                       <asp:RadioButtonList id="Education" runat="server">
>                                 <asp:ListItem Value=""></asp:ListItem>
>                                 <asp:ListItem Value=""></asp:ListItem>
>                                 <asp:ListItem Value=""></asp:ListItem>
>                         </asp:RadioButtonList>
> ..
> my question is why isn't the Value or Text of the ListItem being filled in?

I don't see any attributes named value= in your source XML.

> I can't seem to put 2 and 2 together here.

The stylesheet is addressing a value attribute using "@value", and 
yet your XML element with @type='radio' does not have a value= 
specification.  And it is not an error in XPath to address something 
that isn't there ... you just get the empty string.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . Ken

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