[xsl] Re: [Newbie Question] Identifying a node with a particular ID attribute

[Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  I have a list of identical nodes that differ by their ID:
>
>  <mynode id="m1" image="abc.jpg"/>
>  <mynode id="m2" image="def.jpg"/>
>
> I need to obtain the image-attribute of a node with a particular id 
> so I can display the image.
>
>  This is probably very easy for all of you but I'm a complete 
> beginner in XSL and would appreciate your help.


mynode[@id=$someValue]/@image

will return all "image" attributes of all children nodes named
"mynode", whose "id" attribute has the value of $someValue.



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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL

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