Re: [xsl] Working with 2 namespaces

[Andreas Schlegel <schlegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your help. It works now.

-- Andreas


"J.Pietschmann" wrote:

> Andreas Schlegel wrote:
>  > I have a "<xsl:for-each select="/test/common/fields/*">" loop.
>  > For every item in this loop I would refer to an item in another
>  > namespace ("<xsl:value-of select="/test/common/labels/."/>.
>  > Both items have the same name but are in different namespaces.
>  > My problem is: how to get the name of the current item and use it to get
>  > the corresponding item in the other namespace ("/test/common/labels/")?
>
> I guess you mean there is a corresponding element in
> another branch of the tree. Namespace means something
> else in an XML context, see, for example
>   http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N5536.html#d163e21
> (there are other sources)
>
> I suppose your XML looks like
>   <test>
>     <common>
>       <fields>
>         <foo>stuff</foo>
>         <bar>other</bar>
>       </fields>
>       <labels>
>         <foo>foo label</foo>
>         <bar>bar label</bar>
>       </labels>
>     </common>
>   </test>
> If you want to have the content of the elements with the same
> name, try the name() function:
>    <xsl:for-each select="/test/common/fields/*">
>       <xsl:value-of select="/test/common/labels[name()=name(current())]"/>
>    </xsl:for-each>
> If you want to have something else, post a relevant snippet
> of your XML and how you define the "name of the current item"
> and what constitutes the "corresponding item".
>
> HTH
> J.Pietschmann
>
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