Re: [xsl] contains() function with parameters problem... Figured it out...

[James F White <jfwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies (and bit of embarassment!) figured out the problem was with my param: instruction not including "select" etc.  works now.
Back to my learning curve...:)  - Jake




On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, James F White wrote:

> Hi! - am a newbie, so am sure this is an insanely basic thing, but 
> can't find answers online or in my books and would appreciate any help!
>
> this works perfectly for me:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="NEWBKS/RECORD[contains(TITLE,'Russia')]">
> etc.
>
> It gets all titles which contain 'Russia'.
> but when I try to pass a parameter down (from php script):
>
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> <xsl:param name="filterby"/>
>
> <xsl:for-each select="NEWBKS/RECORD[contains(TITLE,$filterby)]">
>
> it's a no go. But why?? I've made sure the variable is getting passed 
> from my php script into the XSL file so I know it's getting there. 
> I've tried all manner of punctuation permutations and curly brackets, 
> but have obviously missed something?
>
> many thanks for any assistance,  Jake