RE: xsl:copy problem

Hi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael.Kay [mailto:Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael.Kay
> Sent: 27 April 2000 16:07
> To: xsl-list
> Cc: Michael.Kay
> Subject: FW: RE: xsl:copy problem
> 
> 
> > I think
> > 
> > 	<xsl:copy-of select="//Element[@name='{@name}']"/>
> > 
> > in the tag template should do the trick. Using {@name} within an 
> > attribute is the same as inserting the value of <xsl:value-of 
> > select="@name"/>
> 
> Oh no it isn't. Curly braces are NEVER used inside an XPath expression
> (except as characters within a literal, in which case they 
> have no special
> meaning). Attribute value templates can only be used in those XSLT
> attributes that explicitly permit them, and attributes whose 
> value is an
> XPath expression never fall into this category.

aha... of course. The question still remains how to parameterise an 
XPath expression, something like the following will work:

<xsl:template match="tag">
	<xsl:variable name="name"><xsl:value-of 
select="@name"/></xsl:variable>
	<xsl:copy-of select="//Element[@name=$name]"/>
</xsl:template>

rgds:

Dave


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