Re: MSIE: testing attribute values

I would guess you have to use

 match="*[@attribute]"

since they are interpreting the attribute as a match pattern rather than
as a select pattern as specified in the WD.

Chris Maden wrote:
> 
> Has anyone successfully used <xsl:if> in MSIE 5b2 to test whether an
> attribute has a specific value?  The MS documentation states that the
> match attribute takes "a subset of the XSL Pattern Match Syntax", but
> does not give details.  Here's what I've found:
> 
> <xsl:if match=".">                  works.
> 
> <xsl:if match="./child">            doesn't work.
> 
> <xsl:if match="*[0]">               works.
> 
> <xsl:if test="@attribute">          doesn't work.  (I don't know where
>                                     "test" came from; it's one of the
>                                     two examples provided in the MS
>                                     doc.)
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype)">  works.
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype/child)">
>                                     is true whether or not child is
>                                     there, and even if child is not an
>                                     ancestor of the current node
>                                     (counter to the doc).
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype[child])">
>                                     is true whether or not child
>                                     exists.
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype[@attribute]")>
>                                     is always true, which is strictly
>                                     correct since attribute has a
>                                     default value specified in the
>                                     DTD.
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype[@attribute='false'])">
>                                     is always true, even for elements
>                                     on which attribute is explicitly
>                                     specified as "true".
> 
> <xsl:if match="ancestor(elmtype)/@attribute">
>                                     is always false, even for elements
>                                     on which attribute has an explicit
>                                     value.
> 
> Can anyone help me puzzle this out?
> 
> -Chris
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