Re: [xsl] Convert a node-set to a string

[David Frey <dpfrey@xxxxxxx>]

I don't think this will work.  I believe string(.) will return the empty 
string because the node I pass it has no text nodes.  This is consistent 
with my testing.  Please correct me if I am missing something.


On 11-03-25 11:29 AM, Wendell Piez wrote:
> David,
>
> Try this:
>
> <xsl:template match="Item">
> <Length>
> <xsl:value-of select="ext:someExtensionFunction(string(.))"/>
> </Length>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell
>
> On 3/25/2011 2:00 PM, David Frey wrote:
> > <xsl:template match="Item"> <xsl:variable name="item" select="."/>
> > <xsl:variable name="len" select="ext:someExtensionFunction($item)"/>
> > <Length><xsl:value-of select="$len"/></Length> </xsl:template>
> >
> > The problem I think I am having is that my extension function expects
> > a string, but I am passing it a node-set.  I want to convert the
> > node-set to a string rather than changing the extension function to
> > accept a node-set as a parameter.  Is this possible?