Subject: Re: [xsl] Retrieving top-level attribute value in XSLT 2.0 From: "Bob Portnell" <simply.bobp@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:56:39 -0700 |
That does eliminate the Saxon message, but the value of that @from fails to appear in the output. Am I running afoul of type conflicts? This is driving me buggy.
Bob P simply.bobp@xxxxxxxxx
You must do:
<xsl:value-of select="xtvd/@from" />
On 8/31/06, Bob Portnell <simply.bobp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, kids. This is darn embarassing, but I've tried everything I know > and several things I don't and gotten nowhere. The problem is > ludicrously simple. Given this input XML (this is the root element of > the file...): > > <xtvd from='2006-08-31T15:44:36Z' to='2006-09-06T15:44:36Z' > schemaVersion='1.3' xmlns='urn:TMSWebServices' > xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' > xsi:schemaLocation='urn:TMSWebServices > http://docs.tms.tribune.com/tech/xml/schemas/tmsxtvd.xsd'> > > I'm trying to grab the dateTime in the from attribute and park it in > my result HTML: > > <xsl:template match="/"> > <html> > <head> (Omitted; it works) </head> > <body> > <h1> > (other omitted but working code) > <xsl:value-of select="@from" /> > </h1> > </body> > </html> > </xsl:template> > > > When I run this through Saxon, it kindly informs me: > > Warning: on (that line where you've got @from): > The attribute axis starting at a document-node() node will never > select anything > > Which leads me to believe that somehow I'm not actually addressing the > <xtvd> element. But I've tried every combination of symbols I can > imagine to get down from document-node() to its child <xtvd> and > almost nothing works. The closest I get is "//@from", which gets me > that dateTime and a bunch of other dates further down the document. If > I could figure out a sensible predicate for "//@from" to single out > the one in <xtvd>, that'd work too. > > (And my copy of XSLT COOKBOOK is en route, so I shan't bother the list > with baby questions too much longer.) > > Thanks, > Bob P > simply.bobp@xxxxxxxxx
-- Regards, Mukul Gandhi
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