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Hi Steve, > I'm just getting my feet wet in XSL and it's pretty interesting. I > think I am missing something though, because I find myself needing > xsl:text more than I think I really ought to. For example, if I have > XML > > <contact> > <email>xxx@xxxxxxxxx</email> > </contact> > > and I want to generate a mailto URI like this: > <a href="xxx@xxxxxxxxx>xxx@xxxxxxxxx</a> Whenever you find yourself using disable-output-escaping, you know you're on the wrong track! The secret here is to use attribute value templates as follows: <xsl:template match="contact"> <a href="{email}"><xsl:value-of select="email" /></a> </xsl:template> or use the longer xsl:attribute instruction if you prefer: <xsl:template match="contact"> <a> <xsl:attribute name="href"> <xsl:value-of select="email" /> </xsl:attribute> <xsl:value-of select="email" /> </a> </xsl:template> Try to think in terms of building a tree of nodes rather than in terms of creating an XML string, and XSLT will seem a lot simpler to use. Cheers, Jeni --- Jeni Tennison http://www.jenitennison.com/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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