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Steve Grise

Subject: Need better way to select elements
Author: Steve Grise
Date: 31 Jan 2007 10:37 AM

I have a variable called xslString that I want to use to select parts of a set of nodes called deNode. The hierarchy and structure of the descendant nodes varies for each type of deNode I am processing.

Right now I am using:

<xsl:variable name="cellData" select="$deNode/descendant-or-self::*[name()=$xslString]"/>

This works when the names are simple like "FeatureName" or "SubtypeCode" that are descendants of deNode.

I'd also like to be able to have values for xslString like "ancestor::Subtype/SubtypeName" and "../../SubtypeName" and "$deNode/SubtypeName" - basically any xslString relative to the current deNode. I am struggling to do this with named variables.

Steve

Tony Lavinio

Subject: Need better way to select elements
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 31 Jan 2007 01:36 PM

XPaths aren't dynamically expandable in XSLT.
Typically people end up using xsl:choose with a
set of xsl:when test="" conditions.

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