Re: [xsl] how to "save" a context?

[S Woodside <sbwoodside@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dimitre. I haven't tried it yet but it looks most helpful :)

simon

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 03:10  PM, Dimitre Novatchev wrote:

> "S Woodside" <sbwoodside@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1D578741-27F8-11D7-AD3E-000393414368@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Gah! It's huge!
> >
> > Seriously it looks like this will generate a string that, when
> assigned
> > to a variable, and selected upon, will act as the correct XPath. Is
> > that right?
>
> Yes, actually this snippet processes a nodeset of nodes and generates a
> set of strings (XPath expressions) for each of them. You can simplify
> it a bit to work only on a single node (get rid of the outermost
> xsl:for-each).
>
> > It has:  <xsl:value-of select="msxsl:node-set($theResult)"/>
> >
> > Does it require MSxml? Can I turn $theResult (which is a string,
> > right?) into an XPath expression I can use in a select statement,
> > without needing MSXML?
>
> Actually, the xxx:node-set extension function is not required.
>
> Just get rid of it and the msxsl namespace, too.
>
>
>
>
> =====
> Cheers,
>
> Dimitre Novatchev.
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
>
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