Subject: Re: [xsl] trying to set a parameter equal to an elements attribute From: "Noel Golding" <noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:33:34 -0400 |
Thanks this worked!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dion Houston" <dionh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: RE: [xsl] trying to set a parameter equal to an elements attribute > Well, actually there are even more issues with the example: > > <header volume="8"/> > > <xsl:param name="vol"> > <xsl:value-of select="header[@volume]"/> > </xsl:param> > > OK, first of all in a simple case like this, you probably don't want an > RTF, although it'd work... So the first step is to add a select: > > <xsl:param name="vol" select="header[@volume]"/> > > The second issue is in the XPath... note that the end result of the > above XPath is a _header_ node (header[@volume] means all header nodes > which have a volume attribute), not the volume attribute. Therefore, > when you use it as a number, it's going to take the text content of the > header element, which is empty. > > What you probably intend is: > > <xsl:param name="vol" select="header/@volume"/> > > In this case, you're going to assign the volume attribute to the > variable. As a matter of preference, since you're using this as a > numeric value, I'd go ahead and case it: > > <xsl:param name="vol" select="number(header/@volume)"/> > > Because of the semantics of nodesets in different places, this can > sometimes keep you out of trouble. > > HTH! > > Dion > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noel Golding [mailto:noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:39 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [xsl] trying to set a parameter equal to an elements > attribute > > even with the namespace it still does not retrieve the value. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sara.mitchell@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:03 PM > Subject: RE: [xsl] trying to set a parameter equal to an elements > attribute > > > > Well, every XSLT engine that I'm familiar with requires > > a valid namespace for XSLT in the stylesheet element. So > > > > > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl=""> > > > > should be > > > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > > > > Sara > > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > > > 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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