SSDN - xpath with predicate otherwise

XML Editor

Sign Up

Search

Options

Chat

Help

News

Log in

Not Logged in

Topic

Topic Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

ad van der ende

Subject: xpath with predicate otherwise
Author: ad van der ende
Date: 11 Jul 2006 10:41 AM

Hi,

I have always wondered why I had to code the following construction:

<xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//*[@name=$name]"/>

Is there a xpath predicate expression in which I do not have to code a variable like above.

Hope you will understand the construct.
Kind regards
ad

Tony Lavinio

Subject: xpath with predicate otherwise
Author: Tony Lavinio
Date: 11 Jul 2006 11:07 AM

><xsl:variable name="name" select="@name"/>
><xsl:apply-templates select="//*[@name=$name]"/>

Once you use any of the axis operators (including / and //)
you have changed your context. This is why you need to save
some clue as to your current context in a variable before
the selection.

ad van der ende

Subject: xpath with predicate otherwise
Author: ad van der ende
Date: 12 Jul 2006 03:13 AM

HI,

But I always find it annoying.
Don't you agree?

Kind regards
ad van der ende

Topic Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Powered by Stylus Studio, the world's leading XML IDE for XML, XSLT, XQuery, XML Schema, DTD, XPath, WSDL, XHTML, SQL/XML, and XML Mapping!

Go to Conference:

Log In Options Username: Password:

Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks

Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2016 All Rights Reserved.