Re: expression value not a node set on content match

[John Robert Gardner <jrgardn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I _did_ get it, but I could do the "and" but had to instead do it in
two steps, selecting out with the $x (and I never succeeded with a a
@code='x' match, I just gambled that in all 80megs the text() sring would
be unique for any element and got lucky.  Same then in second process for
the @code='g':

<xsl:template match="marc">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates mode="copy"
 select="record[data_field/subfield=contains(., '21 (')]" />
 </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

Before i depart this current form of existence otherwise describable as
human, I'd like to know a path syntax for the original goal of selecting
on both text() strings from same-name elments of @code='x' and @code'g'
simultaneously in one mathc. . . . and all the unrecognized operator and
such gibberish I was getting is, I'm sure related . . . 

jr

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On Thu, 4 May 2000, John Robert Gardner wrote:

> Sorry, but this still isn't getting it, and the "and" is repeated too . .
> see note below (I'm now getting unrecognized operator pointing to my
> "xsl:apply-templates line" from XT)"
> 
> On Wed, 3 May 2000, Mike Brown wrote:
> 
> > > and I only want ot pull out those few <record>'s with given content in
> > > data-field[@tag='773']/subfield[@code='g'] --in other words a
> > > record with text string 0000-1234 in subfield[@code='g'] of
> > > data-field[@[tag='773'] ALONG WITH a test string of say "21 " (note the
> > > space- do I use &#?) in subfield[@code='x'] of same datafield[@tag='773']
> > > in that record, what gives?  I'm using 
> > >
> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="record[*[@tag='773']/*[@code='g'
> > > [contains(., '21 ')]] 
> > > and record[*[@tag='773']/*[@code='x'
> > > [contains(., '0141-6400')]]"/>
> > 
> > It is complaining because you are putting a predicate -- something, i.e.
> > contains(., 'foo'), in brackets -- after what is either a string object
> > ('g') or a boolean object (@code='g'), but a predicate is something that
> > can only modify a node-set.
> 
> Okay, this make sense, so, per you below, I tried (b/c @x and @g are both 
> attributes of the children of the element with @773 wherein the required
> text string on which to match is found:
> 
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:copy-of 
> 	select="record[ @tag='773'/*[@code='g' 
> 	 contains(text(),'21 ')
>                 and *[ @code='x'
>                        and contains(text(),'0141-6400') ]
>               ]" />
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Note: I've tried to replace copy-of with "apply-templates" wrapped in
> xsl:copy, and still problems . . .
> 
> sorry, I am just not getting this, and the syntax for the Path is really
> screwing me up.
> 
> jr
> 
> 
> > 
> > Try something like this (copious whitespace only here for clarity):
> > 
> > select="record[ @tag='773'
> >                 and contains(.,'21 ')
> >                 and *[ @code='x'
> >                        and contains(.,'0141-6400') ]
> >               ]"
> > 
> > As for the space in the 21, it doesn't matter if you use a literal
> > character or a numeric character reference. If it's a regular space just
> > type a regular space from your keyboard. If it's a non-breaking space you
> > can probably use a keyboard trick to produce that character (alt-0160 on
> > NT, for example), or you could use &#160;.
> > 
> >    - Mike
> > ___________________________________________________________
> > Mike J. Brown, software engineer, Webb Interactive Services
> > XML/XSL stuff: http://www.skew.org/    http://www.webb.net/
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 


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