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Subject: AW: [xsl] xpath query in an attribute From: "Mengel Andre (FV/SLM) *" <Andre.Mengel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:56:23 +0200 |
Dear Balazs > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Balazs Scheidler [mailto:bazsi@xxxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2001 16:32 > An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [xsl] xpath query in an attribute > > > Hi, > > I'm new to XSL, and I'm not sure whether I did something > wrong or xalan (the > xslt engine I use is buggy). > > So I want to run an XPath query I extracted from an attribute > in the XML > document. > > Here's what I did: > > <xsl:variable name="query" select="@select"/> > <xsl:value-of select="$query"/> > > The first statement extracts the select attribute from the > current node, and > the second _should_ run the query in $query, and return the > accompanying > node-set. The problem is that it doesn't, it displays the > value of the query > itself. > > My question is: how to execute string variables as XPath > queries? Any help > welcome. In order to achieve this, you have to use an extension function. For example in xalan it would be evaluate(string) which constructs an XPath. > > -- > Bazsi > PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD > 804E C82C 8EB1 > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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