Re: [xsl] bad match expression

Subject: Re: [xsl] bad match expression
From: António Mota <amsmota@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:54:32 +0000
Oops, wrong copy&paste, should be

(...) so what you4re sayimg really with

"FormElement[@type='text'][@type='password'][

is

give me all FormElement filtered by type='text' (thus you get only
type='text') and from the resulting set give me all the FormElements
filtered by type='password'

(...)


On 02/02/06, Antsnio Mota <amsmota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If i understand correctly, you are saying
>
> type='text' and type='password'
>
> and you want
>
> type='text' or type='password'
>
> so it should be something like
>
> FormElement[@type='text' or @type='password']
>
> or
>
> FormElement[@type='text' | @type='password']
>
> They mean diferent things but the resulkt is the same, i think.
>
> Also, the expression you used is not exactly
>
> type='text' and type='password'
>
> i think these i calles "steps", so what you4re sayimg really with
>
> FormElement[@type='text' | @type='password']
>
> is
>
> give me all FormElement filtered by type='text' (thus you get only
> type='text') and from the resulting set give me all the FormElements
> filtered by type='password'
>
> That will give you nothing, ofcourse...
>
> On 02/02/06, Terence Kearns <terence.kearns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I don't know why but the following template match expression never
> > gets matched :(
> >
> > <xsl:template
> >
match="FormElement[@type='text'][@type='password'][@type='submit'][@type='res
et']">
> > ...
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > The calling directive is simply  <xsl:apply-templates select="FormElement"
/>
> >
> > And the source is
> >
> > <XaoForm id="Category_Add" action="category.php?cat_id=4"
> > method="post" caption="Add a new Category">
> >    <FormElement type="text" name="CatName" caption="New Category"
> > css="width: 100%">
> >      <FormElement type="hidden" name="VLD_NotNull_CatName">
> >        <Default>You must enter the category's name'</Default>
> >      </FormElement>
> >    </FormElement>
> >    <FormElement type="submit" name="Add">
> >      <Default>Save Changes</Default>
> >    </FormElement>
> >    <FormElement type="reset" name="Add">
> >      <Default>Reset Form</Default>
> >    </FormElement>
> >  </XaoForm>
> >
> > If I remove all the contions or just leave one condition, then it
> > matches. As soon as I put the rest of them back in, it stops matching.
> > I also had to suppress the text() node using
> > <xsl:template match="text()" /> even though I never used the generic
> > <xsl:apply-templates /> anywhere

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