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Re: [xsl] making html-form with an identifier in a xsl:for-each

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Hi Nica,
  It seems -- 
   <input type="text" name="{@id}"/> will solve the
problem..

Regards,
Mukul

--- Nica Huestegge <Nica.H@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have a little question - probably easy-to-answer,
> except for a newbie like
> me. I try to describe it as precisely as possible,
> which makes my mail very
> long. I am sorry, but I dont want to bother you with
> an unclear question and
> i hope you wont mind the long mail. Thank You.
> 
> 
> I have a number of xml-files which includes
> something like the following
> (Actually, there is much more stuff around in those
> files, but I try to keep
> it reduced to my question...):
> 
> <test id="test1">
>   <question>
>     What is five plus four?
>   </question>
>   <answer>
>     nine
>   </answer>
> </test>
> <test id="test2">
>   <question>
>     What is five minus two?
>   </question>
>   <answer>
>     three
>   </answer>
> </test>
> 
> Where the number of <test>-elements varies from file
> to file.
> 
> I want an output in html, where the question is just
> text and after every
> question there is a form input for the answer. the
> whole form will be send
> to a servlet. So the html will look something like
> this:
> 
> <form method="post" action="NextServlet">
>   <p>
>     What is five plus four?<br/>
>     <input type="text" name="test1"/>
>   </p>
>   <p>
>     What is five minus two?<br/>
>     <input type="text" name="test2"/>
>   </p>
>   <input type="submit"/>
> </form>
> 
> Now, the xsl. I know it has to be something like
> this:
>             <form method="post"
> action="NextServlet">
>             <xsl:for-each select="test">
>             <p>
>             <xsl:value-of select="question" /><br/>
>             <input type="text" name="????????"/>
>             </p>
>             </xsl:for-each>
>             <input type="submit"/>
>             </form>
> As you can see, the questionmarks are where my
> problem is. How can I put a
> unique identifier there (which should equal "test1"
> or "test2", the id-
> attribute of <test>, so that my Servlet can compare
> the given answer to that
> in the xml-file?
> 
> Thank you for your time (and answer), sorry for any
> mistakes (english just
> isnt my language...),
> Nica Huestegge
> 
> 
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