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Re: Okay, so you can't do dynamic XPaths..

Subject: Re: Okay, so you can't do dynamic XPaths..
From: Jeni Tennison <jeni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 23:37:25 +0100
Re:  Okay
Hi Michael,

> Comments please?  The syntax:
>
> select="@*[name() = $param-value-field]"/
>
> strikes me as being somewhat ugly. Is this the best I'm gonna get?

I'm afraid so. Some processors have an extension function that enables
you to evaluate strings as XPath expressions, e.g.:

  select="saxon:evaluate(concat('@', $param-value-field))" />

But if you can do it portably, as with the expression you have above,
then you should do.
  
Cheers,

Jeni

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