Subject: Re: [xsl] Are variables allowed in XPATHs? From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:35:16 -0800 (PST) |
"Harry Ohlsen" <harryo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3E3DF1CC.3030406@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > It might help if you gave us a look at the exact pattern to which XMLSpy was > > objecting. > > Sorry, I thought the problem was pretty generic > and didn't want to muddy things by being too > specific. Ie, is it legal to use a variable in an > XPATH? Yes, it is correct to use variable references in XPath. > > Here's the code it's complaining about (apologies > for the line wrapping): > > <xsl:template name="delete-section" > match="/main/document/item[property[(name='report') > and (value=$sectionToDelete)]]"> > </xsl:template> > It is an error to have a variable reference within a *match pattern*. Match patterns form a subset of all valid XPath expressions. ===== Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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