Re: [xsl] How to test the parent name

[Mansour <mansour77@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, thanks.
That was it. Stuck in a stupid mistake like this for some time. I never 
thought I have inverted the attribute and the tag name. LOL




Michael Kay wrote:
> Can't see a problem with your code, other than the inversion of "test" and
> "if". Perhaps it's a namespace issue.
>
> However, <xsl:if test="parent::some-tag"> is better.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
>
>   
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mansour [mailto:mansour77@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 16 February 2008 07:35
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] How to test the parent name
> >
> > I am trying to test the name of the parent.
> >
> > <xsl:test if="name(parent::*)='some-tag'">direct descendant</xsl:test>
> >
> > If I do this:
> > <xsl:value-of select="name(parent::*)" /> Then I get the name 
> > of the parent output correctly, but when putting it in a test 
> > element, it does not.
> > Why ? What do I do to perform the test ?