Re: Trying to Extract a node with matching attribute

Are there any namespace declarations in your XML file?

A common reason for XPath expressions not selecting anything is that you
ignored the namespaces.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 24 Mar 2024, at 00:35, ohaya ohaya@xxxxxxxxx
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I tried the XSL that Liam suggested, but it isn't finding anything :(....
Below is the xsltproc run with -v:
>
> -bash-4.4$ xsltproc -v mulberry.xsl configfile.xml
> creating dictionary for stylesheet
> reusing dictionary from mulberry.xsl for stylesheet
> xsltParseStylesheetProcess : found stylesheet
> xsltPreprocessStylesheet: removing ignorable blank node
> xsltCompilePattern : parsing '/'
> xsltCompilePattern : parsed /, default priority 0.500000
> added pattern : '/' priority 0.500000
> parsed 1 templates
> Resolving attribute sets references
> Creating sub-dictionary from stylesheet for transformation
> Registered 0 modules
> reusing transformation dict for output
> Registering global variables
> Registering global variables from mulberry.xsl
> xsltProcessOneNode: applying template '/' for /
> xsltValueOf: select //Setting[@Name = 'TheOneIWant']
> xsltValueOf: result ''
> freeing transformation dictionary
> freeing dictionary from stylesheet
>
>
>
> Here's snippet of the XML file which should have matched:
>
>             <Setting Name="TheOneIWant" Type="htf:map">
>               <Setting Name="requiresignedassertion"
Type="xsd:boolean">false</Setting>
>               <Setting Name="succinctid"
Type="xsd:string">2KYi3gZ7THiZU0Hbft/mYgio0PE=</Setting>
>
> .
> .
>           </Setting>
> .
> .
>
> Also, I think that I may not have been clear about what I want as the output
of running the XSLT...
>
> If the XSLT was successful, I want the output to be the ENTIRE matching
node, including all the contents of the node, i.e.:
>
>             <Setting Name="TheOneIWant" Type="htf:map">
>               <Setting Name="requiresignedassertion"
Type="xsd:boolean">false</Setting>
>               <Setting Name="succinctid"
Type="xsd:string">2KYi3gZ7THiZU0Hbft/mYgio0PE=</Setting>
>
> .
> .
>           </Setting>
>
> That's why, in my original post, I thought I had to include use of the
identity transformation.
>
>
> My apologies if I wasn't clear about that.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
> On Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 02:09:01 PM EDT, BR Chrisman
brchrisman@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Might need to use <xsl:output method="text"/> as well.
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 7:19b/PM Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-03-23 at 01:55 +0000, ohaya ohaya@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ohaya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
>
> I think what you want is simply XPath here.
>
> But with XSLT you could use,
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:value-of select="//Setting[@Name = 'TheOneIWant']" />
>   </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> The xsl:value-of "instruction" evalueates its argument and converts the
> result to a string (actually a "text node").
>
> The contents of the "select" attribute is an XPath expression.
>
> liam
>
>
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