Re: [xsl] Are variables allowed in XPATHs?

[Harry Ohlsen <harryo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It might help if you gave us a look at the exact pattern to which XMLSpy was
> objecting.

Sorry, I thought the problem was pretty generic 
and didn't want to muddy things by being too 
specific.  Ie, is it legal to use a variable in an 
XPATH?

Here's the code it's complaining about (apologies 
for the line wrapping):

<xsl:template name="delete-section" 
match="/main/document/item[property[(name='report') 
and (value=$sectionToDelete)]]">
    </xsl:template>

In other words, all I'm trying to do is have the 
XPATH pick out a subtree of the document that has 
a property element with a <name> element whose 
content is "report" and a <value> element whose 
content is whatever is in the sectionToDelete 
variable.

That variable happens to come from a separate XSL 
file, but I wouldn't think that should be 
important ... although it is to me, for the 
reasons I mentioned previously.


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