Re: template match on attribute, copy but change value

 <xsl:template match="@myAtt">
   <xsl:attribute name="myAtt">
     <xsl:value-of select="'hi there'"/>
   </xsl:attribute>
 </xsl:template>

Thanks,
 Benjamin

From: "Benjamin Farrow" <lovinjess@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject:  template match on attribute, copy but change value
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:51:08 -0700

Hi,
I'm attempting to find a single attribute and change it's value. I thought this should be simple, but it just doesn't seem to be working. Looking at the Rec it says that xsl:copy is not allowed to copy the attribute and change it's value (what it looks like in the archives that I found as well). So my question is, can I use the identity transform, then have a template matching a specific attribute and copy the attribute to the result, but change it's value?

XML File:
<test>
 <Element myAtt="test">
   <child/>
 </Element>
</test>

XSL File:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

 <xsl:template match="/">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
 </xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="@myAtt">
<xsl:copy> <!-- this is ignored and will not let me change the value -->
<xsl:value-of select="'hi there'"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
   <xsl:copy>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
   </xsl:copy>
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Expected Output:
<test>
 <Element myAtt="hi there">
   <child/>
 </Element>
</test>

Thanks for any comments,
 Benjamin

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