Subject: RE: [xsl] Getting and using an xml attribute From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:51:36 -0000 |
You can select the attribute as //inactiveTab[@name='Email']/@ID and you can save it in a variable (if you need to) as <xsl:variable name="id" select="//inactiveTab[@name='Email']"/> Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Johnson [mailto:artpunx@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 30 November 2007 15:23 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [xsl] Getting and using an xml attribute > > Hello... > > Is it possible to select an attribute, take its value and > re-use it elsewhere? > > I have some xml...the ID attribute value changes depending on > user, but the name attribute always stays the same. So it may > look like this.... > > <navigation> > <inactiveTab ID="1" name="Home"/> > <inactiveTab ID="2" name="Away"/> > <inactiveTab ID="3" name="Foo"/> > <inactiveTab ID="4" name="Bar"/> </navigation> > > ....or this.... > > <navigation> > <inactiveTab ID="100" name="Home"/> > <inactiveTab ID="200" name="Away"/> > <inactiveTab ID="300" name="Foo"/> > <inactiveTab ID="400" name="Bar"/> </navigation> > > Behind the scenes, urls are created automatically that > incorporate the ID.... > > ...inactiveTabID=1&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > ...inactiveTabID=2&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > ...inactiveTabID=3&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > > ....or this.... > > ...inactiveTabID=100&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > ...inactiveTabID=200&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > ...inactiveTabID=300&uP_sparam=mode&mode=view > > ...they contain the ID, but never the name. > > I need to create a "manual" url, but because the ID value > changes, I need a way to "find out" what the ID value is > first. I thought by finding the element that contains > name='Email, like this... > > //inactiveTab[@name='Email'] > > ...I could then take the value of any ID attribute and then > append it to the end of my manual URL(...as a variable?). I > would then always > (hopefully!) know that the manual url would look like the > automatically generated URL. > > So, my question is, how do I capture the value of the ID > attribute of any element containing name="Home" and make it > into something "re-usable"? > > Does this make sense? I hope I am not over complicating things!!! > > Thanks for your help... > > Aaron
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