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RE: [xsl] XSL question for email link

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I believe you need to move the context one level up given Jeff's XML

<xsl:template match="NAME">
  <a href="mailto:{../EMAIL}">
    <xsl:value-of select="concat(FIRST,' ',LAST)"/>
  </a>
</xsl:template>

Ivan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Brown
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 6:16 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] XSL question for email link
> 
> 
> Jeff Self wrote:
> > <xsl:template match="NAME">
> >     <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;a 
> href="mailto:"</xsl:text>
> >     <xsl:value-of select="child::EMAIL"/>
> >     <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&gt;</xsl:text>
> >     <xsl:value-of select="FIRST"/>
> >     <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
> >     <xsl:value-of select="LAST"/>
> >     <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;/a&gt;</xsl:text>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Am I going about this all wrong?
> 
> Yes. You almost never, ever need to use disable-output-escaping.
> 
> > If so whats the solution?
> 
> <xsl:tempate match="NAME">
>   <a href="mailto:{EMAIL}">
>     <xsl:value-of select="concat(FIRST,' ',LAST)"/>
>   </a>
> </xsl:template>
> 
>    - Mike 
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