RE: [xsl] return?

[JOHN MARSHALL <marshall.john@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I'm a newbie here, and I'm having difficulty running a test and selecting a
value from a second XML document.

I have one XML document, pad_output.xml which includes what on air this week.

I also have prog.xml which includes all the shows and their associated ID's.
There is a web page based on these ID.

prog.xml looks like this...

<programs>

<program>
<progID>7</progID> 
<progName>The Adventures of Sam</progName> 
</program>

<program>
<progID>8</progID> 
<progName>The Adventures of Spot</progName> 
</program>

...
</programs>

At the moment, I'm sucking out all the shows that are on air, and putting them
in my html page.

But I want to include links to the relevant pages from the prog.xml document.

So I'm selecting the pad_long_title_1 from a document called pad_output.xml

Now I want to compare the value of pad_long_title_1 to the value of progName in
the second XML document prog.xml

When I find a match between pad_long_title_1 and progName, I want to select the
value of progID and do something like

	<xsl:element name="a">
			<xsl:attribute
name="href">/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog<xsl:value-of select="progID"
/>.htm</xsl:attribute>
			<xsl:value-of select="pad_long_title_1" />
	</xsl:element>

So I'll end up with
<a href="/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog7.htm">The Adventures of Sam</a>
<a href="/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog8.htm">The Adventures of Spot</a>

but I keep getting the same and first value of the document. Eg I'm getting
<a href="/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog1.htm">The Adventures of Sam</a>
<a href="/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog1.htm">The Adventures of Spot</a>


		
		<xsl:variable name="isProgNamePAD" select="pad_long_title_1" />	
		<xsl:variable name="isProgNamePROG" select="$pp//progName" />
		<xsl:variable name="ppID" select="$param4"/>		
			
		<xsl:variable name="testPassed">
			<xsl:choose>
				<xsl:when test="$isProgNamePROG =
$isProgNamePAD">
					<xsl:param name="param4"
select="$pp//progID"/>
				</xsl:when>
					
			</xsl:choose>
		</xsl:variable>
						
		<p>Prog ID		
		 <xsl:value-of select="$pp//progID"/> 
		<br />
			
		<xsl:element name="a">
			
			<xsl:attribute
name="href">/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog<xsl:value-of select="$ppID"
/>.htm</xsl:attribute>
			<xsl:value-of select="pad_long_title_1" />
	
		</xsl:element>
		</p>
		
I thought I could do this (pseudo code)

<xsl:value-of select="pad_long_title_1" />
set variable title = pad_long_title_1

loop element in prog.xml
	if pad_long_title_1 = prog//progName
	set variable ID = progID
	exit
	
<xsl:attribute name="href">/rollercoaster/kidstv/shows/prog<xsl:value-of
select="ID" />.htm</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="pad_long_title_1" />	



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