RE: [xsl] From a string to node-set

[Dongling Ding <dling61@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for reply!

> > I created a template called replacement with one
> > parameter, which checks the test.xml to see if
> there
> > is an element there, if yes, copy that element and
> > value; if not, create that element.
> > 
> > My problem is that if i pass the parameter as
> node-set
> > i need to convert node-set to string. However,
> that
> > node-set is empty since the element is not there.
> If I
> > pass the parameter as string, I need to convert
> string
> > into node-set and test its existence. That causes
> me a
> > problem.
> 
> You won't be able to make the latter test even if
> you could convert a string into a node-set, because
> that new node-set wouldn't contain the same nodes as
> the source tree. You could only test if an element
> by that name exits, testing for identity wouldn't
> work.

At this moment I can only get string and pass it into
the template. How can I test if an element by that
name exists?

Thanks


Dongling



> Anyhow, pass both the name and the node-set, as two
> parameters. 
>  
> > 	<xsl:otherwise>
> > 		<xsl:element name="?????name($pName)"/>
> 
> You need to use AVT, ie.
> 
>   <xsl:element name="{name($pName)}">
>     ...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jarno
> 
>  XSL-List info and archive: 
> http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> 


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

 XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list