RE: adding an attribute

Hip hei!

>  Can I add an attribute to the current node just by specifying the
> "<xsl:attribute>"
> tag?.

With XSLT you cannot add anything ton the current node, because you're
constructing a new tree.

> Let me explain,  if I have the  named template as 
> defined below:
> 
>   <xsl:template name = "buildChildrenTree">
>         <xsl:attribute name = "visit">yes</xsl:attribute>
>      ...
> </xsl:template>
> 
> and the current node is "fo" when  the template is invoked, Can I just
> add a "visit" attribute to it by just saying
> 
>         "<xsl:attribute name = "visit">yes</xsl:attribute>"
> 
> and end up with something like "<fo visit ="yes" ..."

Yes, that should work, if you haven't added any non-attribute nodes to fo
before trying to add the attribute.

Jarno

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