Subject: [xsl] Re: I'm very new to the XML/XSL world ... From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (by way of B. Tommie Usdin) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:47:10 -0400 |
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 06:34:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Diebolt <dandiebolt@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: I'm very new to the XML/XSL world ... To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx In-Reply-To: <200104170630.CAA09488@xxxxxxxxxxx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >I'm very new to the XML/XSL world. Who isn't? >I want to use XSL in a similar fashion to a database query. You need XQuery for that, but XSLT/XPath can do the job. Try the enclosed. You may need to use the function normalize-space() to deal with the white space within you elements " A Person ". I just ignored it to concentrate on the XPath issues. In understanding the XPath you simply need to know that the text outside of the []'s steers you to the node you are selecting, while the text within the []' qualifies what nodes are selected: You can obtain the sec_head for a given $title as a two step process. First, select the sec_ref attribute of graph elements where the graph element a has title element wich content equal to $title: select="//graph[title=$title]/@sec_ref"/> Second select the sec_head element within a section element with an id attribute equal to $sec_ref: select="//section[@id=$sec_ref]/sec_head"/> Hope this helps. Regards, Dan File: IDProblem17April2001.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="IDProblem17April2001.xsl"?> <graph_catalogue> <graph sec_ref="EAF" > <title>Graph</title> </graph> <section id="EAF" > <sec_head>Person</sec_head> </section> </graph_catalogue> File: IDProblem17April2001.xsl <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xsl:variable name="title" select="'Graph'"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:variable name="sec_ref" select="//graph[title=$title]/@sec_ref"/> <xsl:value-of select="//section[@id=$sec_ref]/sec_head"/> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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