RE: Node selection based on parent attribute

> If I use:
> <xsl:template match="tree">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="menu"/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="menu">
>    <xsl:for-each select="menu[@id=$id]/menu">
>          <xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
>     </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>

The for-each expands to

<xsl:for-each select="child::menu[@id=$id]/child::menu">

In other words, you are processing menu elements that are grandchildren
of the menu matched by the template rule. But none of your menu elements
have menu grandchildren...

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

> 
> 
> with an xml structure of :
> 
> <tree>
>   <menu id="1" countryID="1" description="Com site" href="">
>       <menu id="4" countryID="1" description="My Buisness Type" 
> href=""></menu>
>       <menu id="5" countryID="1" description="Home Office" 
> href=""></menu>
>       <menu id="15" countryID="1" description="Small buisness" 
> href=""></menu>
>   </menu>
> </tree>
> 
> passing through a parameter of 1 using:
> <xsl:param name="id" select="menu"/>
> 
> Then it doesn't bring back anything, can you see anthing 
> wrong with the 
> above.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> >From: ronald heller <ronald@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re:  Node selection based on parent attribute
> >Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:45:37 +0200
> >
> >
> >><menu id=6>
> >>         <menu id=7/>
> >>         <menu id=8/>
> >></menu>
> >
> ><xsl:for-each "menu[@id=$id]/menu">
> ><xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
> ></xsl:for-each>
> >
> >this would get you 7 & 8 as a result if $if would be 6.
> >
> >cheers
> >RH
> >At 12:32 PM 30-08-02 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I would like to produce a list of child nodes from a parent 
> that has a
> >>specific attribute value, ie with the following xml 
> structure I want to 
> >>just retrive the children of the menu node with an id of 6.
> >><menu id=6>
> >><menu id=7/>
> >><menu id=8/>
> >></menu>
> >><menu id=9>
> >><menu id=10/>
> >><menu id=11/>
> >></menu>
> >>
> >>I have tried
> >><xsl:for-each "../@id=$id">
> >><xsl:value-of select="@id"/>
> >></xsl:for-each>
> >>Using a param passed in from asp.
> >>Am I on the right track, and would the above method be the best to
> >>retrieve a certain section of a heirachacal xml structure 
> based on a 
> >>parent attribute.
> >>I am using asp with the msxml parser.
> >>Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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