RE: need a substitue for the current() function

Hello Dennis!

<xsl:variable name="currNode" select="."/> ?

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Oleg Tkachenko,
Multiconn International, Israel 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dennis
> Campillo
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:45 PM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  need a substitue for the current() function
> 
> 
> Greetings All,
> 
> we are using the xalan processor on an AS400 at work, and for 
> some reason it 
> seems to choke everytime I use the current() function.
> 
> i.e. <xsl:for-each select="//Ledger_Entry[.//Long_Name=current()]">
> 
> Does anyone know how to write a "longhand" version of the 
> current() function 
> which will return a node-set that has the current node as its only member?
> 
> my source doc(in case it's needed), looks like the following:
> 
> <accountelement>
>   <Ledger_Element>
>   <Number_of_Entries>290</Number_of_Entries>
>    <Ledger_Entry>
>    <Transaction_Description>PURCHASE</Transaction_Description>
>    <Long_Name>AIMS ASSET ALLOCATION PROGRAM/IMS</Long_Name>
>    <Quantity>0</Quantity>
>    <Amount>-150000.00</Amount>
>    <Trade_Date>07/28/1997</Trade_Date>
>   </Ledger_Entry>
> 
> Thanks in advance for any assistance forthcoming.
> 
> Dennis Campillo
> dcampillo@xxxxxxx
> 
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