Re: [xsl] Using a custom variable derived from one XML file to search another and retrieve values of child nodes

[Rob Newman <rlnewman@xxxxxxxx>]

I understand that the template match needs to point to a new template.  
I will write that now. But how do I select on an attribute value that  
matches my custom defined variable $thisSta?

Thanks,
- Rob

On Jul 20, 2008, at 5:57 AM, Florent Georges wrote:

> Rob Newman wrote:
>
>  Hi
>
> > <xsl:template match="station">
> >    <Placemark>
> >       <xsl:variable name="thisSta"><xsl:value-of select="@name" /></
> > xsl:variable>
> >       <name><xsl:value-of select="$thisSta" /></name>
> >       <xsl:template match="document( sources/source/@href, .)/
> > dataloggerlist/datalogger/@name=$thisSta">
>
>  This is not a correct XSLT snippet.  You can't have embedded template
> rules.  I guess you want rather a for-each, or an apply-templates +
> separated template rule.
>
>  Regards,
>
> --drkm