[xsl] Re: Is there a way in xsl to point to a node if only a part of its name is known?

Subject: [xsl] Re: Is there a way in xsl to point to a node if only a part of its name is known?
From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 00:20:23 -0800 (PST)
> A text node name consists of 'tablename.fieldname' where
> tablename is the changing- and fieldname the fixed part.
> 

First of all, a text node in XSLT does not have a name, the nodes in your example
are element nodes.

> Is there a way in xsl to point to a node if only a part of its name is
> known?

Use:

<xsl:template match="*[substring-after(name(), '.') = 'field1']">
  <!-- Whatever processing should be performed on xxx.field1 here -->
</xsl:template>


Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

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