RE: [Xsl] How to create complex dynamic href with xslt

> Im using per xml:xslt package (latest version, 0.48) .
> Inside an xslt transformation template  I have to generate dynamic
> javascript href where some URL parameter depend on input xml
> document. For
> example I have to generate something like:
>
>    <a
> href=http://mysite/drv?expert&amp;mod={TEMPLATE}&amp;IDMENU={
> @MENU_ID}>
> dummy  text </a>
>
> where, obvioulsly,  {TEMPLATE} and {@MENU_ID} are attribute
> value template.
> The problem is that the xslt processor is not able to
> recognize them as
> attribute value templates because the syntax is not so plain.

If the XSLT processor doesn't recognize this then it has a bug.

You could circumvent such a bug by doing

<a>
 <xsl:attribute name="href">
  <xsl:text>http://mysite/drv?expert&amp;mod=</xsl:text>
  <xsl:value-of select="TEMPLATE"/>

etc.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/