Using a variable in a output element

[sderrick]

I have a simple function to output a <span/> tag . One of the <span/> attributes uses a param of the template.

The param is id, referenced in the url attribute as $id, since its in a string "taxonomy/mbe_persons1.html?refid=($id)" is is hidden and doesn't evaluate as a variable.

If I try to use the <xsl:value-of select="$id"/> in place of $id, the parser complains about using the <> characters in the url attribute.

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<xsl:template name="personPageLink">
    <xsl:param name="id"/>
    <p><span class="addDocTab" url="taxonomy/mbe_persons1.html?refid=($id)" title="Click to see more letters" rel="People References">See more letters.</span></p>
  </xsl:template>

anybody know of a way around this?

thanks, Scott

[Radu]

Hi Scott,
You can probably do something like:

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<span class="addDocTab" url="taxonomy/mbe_persons1.html?refid=({$id})" title="Click to see more letters" rel="People References">See more letters.</span>

Using "{" and "}" in attribute values allows you to add xpath expressions there.
Or you can re-write the entire span in XSLT like:

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        <xsl:element name="span">
            <xsl:attribute name="class">addDocTab</xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:attribute name="url" select="concat('taxonomy/mbe_persons1.html?refid=(', $id, ')')"/>
            <xsl:attribute name="title">Click to see more letters</xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:attribute name="rel">People References</xsl:attribute>
            See more letters.
        </xsl:element>

Regards,
Radu

[sderrick]

Radu you are a life saver! I've used this a long time ago and completely forgot it!

thanks again,
Scott