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The basic answer is that standard XSLT does not allow you to construct an XPath expression dynamically from a string. It's a common requirement and several processors provide extensions (saxon:evaluate, dyn:evaluate) that handle it - but some do not. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Yaswanth Kumar Ravella [mailto:yaswanth.mtrx@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 22 August 2007 09:16 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Linking Variable to the Path > > > Hi, > > ::I am having an XML file like this :: > > <root> > <every> > <event name="Ready"/> > </every> > <pattern> > <connection destination="//every[1]/event[1]" /> > </pattern> > </root> > ------------------------------- > ::When my XSL file has this code:: > > <xsl:template match="root"> > <xsl:variable name="dest" select="//every[1]/event[1]"/> > <xsl:value-of select="$dest/@name"/> > </xsl:template> > > It prints 'Ready'. > Here I am directly assigning variable 'dest' to the path of the event. > This is ok. > ------------------------------- > ::When I changed my XSL code to :: > > <xsl:template match="root"> > <xsl:variable name="dest" > select="//pattern[1]/connection[1]/@destination"/> > <xsl:value-of select="$dest/@name"/> > </xsl:template> > > It doesn't print 'Ready' or anything. > Here I am storing variable 'dest' with the value of the > 'connection/@destination', Which I expected to work properly > but it is not working. > ------------------------------ > > How can I print 'event-name' using 'connection-destination'? > > > Regards > Yaswanth Ravella
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