Re: simple matching problem

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Subject: Re: simple matching problem
From: Oleg Tkachenko <olegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 09:33:03 +0200

Mac Martine wrote:

Here's another: This seems to find the element node where @task = 1, but
it doesn't actually write out the value of @task. Why?

Because you don't say exactly which task attribute to write.

It just writes out:
@TASK =

<xsl:if test="//*[@task=$nextTask]">
	@TASK = <xsl:value-of select="@task" />
</xsl:if>

It can be translated into English as follows: if somewhere in the document exists an attribute with string value equals to $nextTask, output value of @task attribute of the *context* node. So effectively you are testing one thing and outputting another. Most likely you need <xsl:if test="//*[@task=$nextTask]"> @TASK = <xsl:value-of select="//*[@task=$nextTask]" /> </xsl:if> but beware that could be terribly uneffective. -- Oleg Tkachenko http://www.tkachenko.com/blog Multiconn Technologies, Israel

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