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Re: [xsl] AVT use and doc() function in xslt 2.0?

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thanks, I don't think I ever tried the varaible version without quotes and
I thing the only way I tried the element selection without quotes and {}
was either the bare name or with ./modelic which I realize now was
selecting against an unknown element modelic in my lookup document.

..dan


> On Thu, August 18, 2011 8:19 pm, dvint@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ...
>> I have even gone as far as putting the value into a variable and then
>> referencing the variable:
>>
>> <xsl:variable select="'GAASIB0'" name="modelic"/>
>> <xsl:copy-of
>> select="doc('dmcmapping.xml')/searchReplace/smodelic[@val='{$modelic}']"/>
>>
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
> It's not so much what you're missing as what you have extra.  Try:
>
> <xsl:variable select="'GAASIB0'" name="modelic"/>
> <xsl:copy-of
> select="doc('dmcmapping.xml')/searchReplace/smodelic[@val=$modelic]"/>
>
> The XSLT spec (and, consequently, Mulberry's XSLT quick reference [1]) has
> '{' and '}' in the prototypes of attributes where AVTs are meaningful.
>
> Based on your example, you should also be able use 'current()' [2] to do:
>
> <xsl:copy-of
>
select="doc('dmcmapping.xml')/searchReplace/smodelic[@val=current()/modelic]"
/>
>
> Regards,
>
>
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> [1] http://www.mulberrytech.com/quickref/index.html
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#current-function

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