Re: selecting an element in an external doc using its

Lainaus Cindy Mazza <clm6u@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi ,
> 
> 
> The following code gets me the first div3 element w/in the odes document
> (as expected):
> 
>         <xsl:variable name="from" select="@from"/>
>         <xsl:variable name="docnode"
> select="document('../texts/odes.xml')"/>
>         <xsl:message>
>           <xsl:value-of select="$docnode//div3"/>
>         </xsl:message>
> 
> But when I try to find an element whose id attribute is equal to the
> value of the 'from' variable, I get an error saying "Unexpected token
> [<function>] in path expression."
> 
>         <xsl:variable name="from" select="@from"/>
>         <xsl:variable name="docnode"
> select="document('../texts/odes.xml')"/>
>         <xsl:message>
>           <xsl:value-of select="$docnode//id($from)"/>
>         </xsl:message>
>
Sorry, if I dont understand this correctly, but error is that U are 
looking /selecting the value of id elements from attribute. Is this 
what U really want? It would help to see the xml file (atleast for me).
Jeni, Michael,  some other guru could correct me if I´m  wrong. 

Cheers
Jarkko 

 
> Is it possible to do it this way, or do I need to go about it
> differently? Either way, I'd appreciate any help.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ----- 
> - Cindy  
> 
> Cynthia L. Mazza
> mailto:clm6u@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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> 



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