RE: [xsl] Problem with Saxon 7.9.1 xsl:variable and selecting additional elements from variable value

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm seeing an increasing number of questions caused by the fact that XMLSpy
has apparently implemented XSLT 2.0 temporary trees incorrectly. 

When you write this:

<xsl:variable name="thissection" >
   <xsl:sequence select="../myns:section"/>
</xsl:variable>

the value of $thissection is a document node, whose element child is a
myns:section element (a copy of the element selected by the select
expression. Therefore the expression

$thissection/myns:id

selects nothing (because the document node has no child called myns:id).

In this situation I can't see why you want to make a copy of the original
node. Why not just do:

 <xsl:variable name="thissection" select="../myns:section"/>

And please report the problem to Altova. I'm sure they know about it, but it
may help to raise the priority on getting it fixed.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Olaf Meske [mailto:omeske@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 12 October 2005 10:37
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Problem with Saxon 7.9.1 xsl:variable and 
> selecting additional elements from variable value
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Saxon 7.9.1 to transform some xml. Within this 
> transformation
> I set a variable to a node. Somewhat later I try to select a 
> value from
> a subnode of this variable node, but it gives me nothing. With the
> XML-Spy engine this works for me, but not with Saxon 7.9.1 
> (which I have
> to use for some other reasons).
> So If someone could give me an advice how to do this with 
> saxon 7.9.1 or
> what else to do.
> I would be very grateful if someone could help me.
> 
> Regards
> Olaf
> 
> 
> This is my XML file:
> --------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="tinytest.xsl"?>
> <document xmlns="http://www.example.com/NameSpace"; >
> 	<main>
> 		<section>
> 			<name>my section</name>
> 			<id>100</id>
> 		</section>
> 		<content>
> 			<id>contentid 2</id>
> 			<text>the content itself</text>
> 		</content>
> 	</main>
> </document>
> 
> ======================
> This is the tinytest.xsl xml style sheet:
> -----------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> 	xmlns:myns="http://www.example.com/NameSpace";>
> 	<xsl:template match="/">
> 		<myNexDoc>
> 		<version>
> 		version: <xsl:value-of 
> select="system-property('xsl:version')" />
> 		vendor: <xsl:value-of 
> select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" />
> 		vendor-url: <xsl:value-of 
> select="system-property('xsl:vendor-url')" />
> 		product: <xsl:value-of 
> select="system-property('xsl:product')" />
> 		product-version: <xsl:value-of
> select="system-property('xsl:product-version')" />
> 		</version>
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="//myns:content" 
> mode="content" />
> 		</myNexDoc>
> 	</xsl:template>	
> 	
> 	<xsl:template match="myns:content" mode="content">
> 		<xsl:variable name="thissection" >
> 			<xsl:sequence select="../myns:section"/>
> 		</xsl:variable>
> 		<mysection>
> 			<xsl:attribute name="origSectionId">
> 				<xsl:value-of 
> select="$thissection/myns:id"/>
> 			</xsl:attribute>
> 		</mysection>
> 		<somedummy>dummy content</somedummy>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> ==========================
> Here is the XML-Spy result (pritty print)(which is what I'm 
> expecting):
> With the right value for mysection/@origSectionId
> ---------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <myNexDoc xmlns:myns="http://www.example.com/NameSpace";>
> 	<version>
> 		version: 2.0
> 		vendor: Altova GmbH
> 		vendor-url: http://www.altova.com
> 		product:
> 		product-version: </version>
> 	<mysection origSectionId="100" />
> 	<somedummy>dummy content</somedummy>
> </myNexDoc>
> 
> ===========================
> Here is the Saxon result (pritty print)
> With the empty value for mysection/@origSectionId
> --------------------------
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <myNexDoc xmlns:myns="http://www.example.com/NameSpace";>
> 	<version>
> 		version: 2.0
> 		vendor: SAXON 7.9.1 from Saxonica
> 		vendor-url: http://saxon.sf.net/
> 		product:
> 		product-version: 7.9.1</version>
> 	<mysection origSectionId=""/>
> 	<somedummy>dummy content</somedummy>
> </myNexDoc>
> 
> ============================