Re: Question about xpath

Lung wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I want to edit a portfolio page with mulitple views.
> My views definition is stored in an xml file:
>
> <view>
>     <name>my view</name>
>     <column>stock/name</column>
>     <column>quantity</column>
>     <column>price</column>
> </view>
> <view>
>     <name>another view</name>
>     .....
> </view>
>
> where the "<columns>" define which column I want to select.
> and my portfolio xml looks like:
>
> <portfolio>
>      <contract>
>         <stock>
>             <name>Red Pat</name>
>                ...
>         </stock>
>         <quantity>1000</quantity>
>         <price>20</price>
>     </contract>
>     <contract>
>         ....
>     </contract>
> </portfolio>
>
> The question is : Can I use xsl to apply the views? If so, how?
> I have considered something like
>
> <xsl:template match="portfolio">
>    <xsl:variable name="view"
> select="document('views.xml')/view[@name='my view']"/>

try name instead of @name ...
it's element not attribute

>
>    <xsl:for-each select="contract">
>          <xsl:variable name="current-contract" select="self::node()"/>
>         <xsl:for-each select="$view/column">
>             <xsl:value-of select="$current-contract/text()"/>
>         </xsl:for-each>
>    </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> and of course it doesn't work.:<
>
> Thx a lot
> Daniel
>
>  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list

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