Re: NEED good information on alternative for dyn:eval

M:D,
Thanks for the link.
There is plenty to learn from it, but the string I am looking to
evaluate is a bit more complex...
Here are some code snippets for reference.

XSL:
<xsl:param name="filter" select="//person[contains(FName,'a') and
LName='Brown']"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
	<xsl:apply-templates select="$filter"/>  (this is what does not work,
some parsers offer a evaluate function to convert a string to XPath
but not MSXML)
</xsl:template>

XML:
<person>
  <FName>Allan</FName>
  <LName>Brown</LName>
  ....
</person>

Thanks again,
~Steve


On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:17:20 -0600, M. David Peterson
<m.david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hey Steve,
> 
> Without a code sample I can't tell you if this particular solution will
> give you what you want.  But my Yahoo! style directory post from a few
> weeks ago may contain the solution to your problem.
> 
> Heres the link to that posting...
> 
> http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200405/msg00288.html
> 
> To save you from having to mull through the code and documentation the
> code takes this string parameter...
> 
> <xsl:param name="dirPath" select="'Main/Computers/WWW'"/>
> 
> Breaks it down into its individual parts and then compares each part to
> the source XML, outputting the children of the final node as a Yahoo!
> style directory...
> 
> Let me know if this doesn't get you to where you need to go and I will
> try and help you further...
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> <M:D/>
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Brown [mailto:stevebrown@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:16 AM
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  NEED good information on alternative for dyn:evaluate()
> for
> > MSXML
> >
> > I'm sure this question is probably an FAQ, but I've been digging
> > around the web for a couple of days trying to find a work around for
> > converting a string to XPath for MSXML4 and haven't been able to find
> > the right place.
> > The way I understand it is you have to write an extension, but I'm not
> > clear on how to do that.  Plus, I have a feeling that someone else has
> > invented that wheel.
> > I'm not apposed to switching XSL parsers, but I if I do it needs work
> with
> > ASP.
> > Thanks,
> > ~Steve