Re: xslt query a data

Thanks reply

Once the table becomes huge, may it be not so
efficient to use "choose...when"? 

By the way I already have a schema mapping all the
correspondant data together(actually they are two huge
column of data).
Is there a way to query the schema

many thanks 
Paul

--- cknell@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:     Paul <reganmian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > for example I have a table or equavalent XML have
> > below information
> > 1, a
> > 2, b
> > 3, c
> > 4, d
> > 
> > In my stylesheet, I only have a, b, c, d value
> > but I need to use 1, 2, 3, 4 as a substitution
> > 
> 
> You will need to use the <xsl:choose> element and
> its child elements <xsl:when> and <xsl:otherwise> to
> set up the subsitution you want.
> 
> <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="something = 'a'">1</xsl:when>
>   <xsl:when test="something = 'b'">2</xsl:when>
>   <xsl:when test="something = 'c'">3</xsl:when>
>   <xsl:when test="something = 'd'">4</xsl:when>
>   <xsl:otherwise />
> </xsl:choose>
> -- 
> Charles Knell
> cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email
> 
> 
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