RE: From a string to node-set

Hi,

> I know there was difficulty to convert a string to
> node-set before. Here I just want to check if there is
> any new development regarding to this. Any workaround

XSLT 2.0, but it's now finished yet.

> I created a template called replacement with one
> parameter, which checks the test.xml to see if there
> is an element there, if yes, copy that element and
> value; if not, create that element.
> 
> My problem is that if i pass the parameter as node-set
> i need to convert node-set to string. However, that
> node-set is empty since the element is not there. If I
> pass the parameter as string, I need to convert string
> into node-set and test its existence. That causes me a
> problem.

You won't be able to make the latter test even if you could convert a string into a node-set, because that new node-set wouldn't contain the same nodes as the source tree. You could only test if an element by that name exits, testing for identity wouldn't work.

Anyhow, pass both the name and the node-set, as two parameters. 
 
> 	<xsl:otherwise>
> 		<xsl:element name="?????name($pName)"/>

You need to use AVT, ie.

  <xsl:element name="{name($pName)}">
    ...

Cheers,

Jarno

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