Re: [xsl] returning nodes (not a string) using variable-choose.

Subject: Re: [xsl] returning nodes (not a string) using variable-choose.
From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:39:16 -0700
Read about and understand the difference between xsl:value-of and xsl:copy-of.

Also, try to avoid creating an RTF which then must be converted it
into a nodeset using the xxx:node-set() extension function.

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Dimitre Novatchev
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On 6/23/06, Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The below somewhat elaborate lines assign a value to $typeInfo,
however they don't return results as a nodelist, just a big string.
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<xsl:variable name="typeInfo">
       <xsl:choose>
               <xsl:when test="$type='Other'">
                       <xsl:value-of select="$desc" />
               </xsl:when>
               <xsl:otherwise>
                       <xsl:variable name="table">
                               <xsl:choose>
                                       <xsl:when test="$type='Organizational Contact'">
                                               <xsl:text>CA_Orgs</xsl:text>
                                       </xsl:when>
                                       <xsl:when test="$type='Meeting or Training'">
                                               <xsl:text>CA_Meetings</xsl:text>
                                       </xsl:when>
                                       <xsl:when test="$type='Travel'">
                                               <xsl:text>CA_Travel</xsl:text>
                                       </xsl:when>
                               </xsl:choose>
                       </xsl:variable>
                       <xsl:value-of
select="document(concat(concat(concat('http://server.org/getXML.asp?key=id&amp;val=',$desc),'&amp;table='),$table))"
/>
               </xsl:otherwise>
       </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:value-of select="$typeInfo" />
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Anyway to do this with XSLT 1.0 or am I pushing it?

--Steve




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Dimitre Novatchev
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