RE: [xsl] Simple search help

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This works:
>
> select="document($file)//aTag[.=$searchVal]"
>
> where aTag is a real tag, and the others params
>
> and this doesnt
>
> select="document($file)$tagName[.=$searchVal]"

You need select="document($file)//*[name()=$tagName][.=$searchVal]"

You can only use variables in places where you can write values, not in
places where you write names.

Be prepared for this query to take some time!

Mike Kay


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