Re: [xsl] How to test the parent name

Subject: Re: [xsl] How to test the parent name
From: Mansour <mansour77@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:21:59 -0400
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 ?

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