RE: [xsl] value of attribute where the name of the attribute is b eing passe d in as param

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Xiaocun:

You need @*[name()=$attributeName] (or @*[local-name()=$attributeName] if 
you don't want to worry about namespaces).

Regards,
Wendell

At 04:44 PM 3/20/01, you wrote:
> Hi, David:
>
>         Thanks for the suggestions :).
>         Sorry the original explanation may not be very clear :(  I knew it
> could be confusing, and was trying to explain it the clearest possible way.
> Let me give it another try here:
>         I want to pass in the name of the attribute into a template
> ($attributeName).  The template will then print out the value stored for the
> attribute (@$attributeName).
>
> Hope this helps to clarify, thanks.
>
> Xiaocun Xu
> Emptoris, Inc.
> xxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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