Re: trouble creating a link

[Dan Morrison <dman at es dot co dot nz>]

Wayne Davis wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to create a simple link based on whether or not an email address
> is included in my XML file...

Two issues: One looks like a typo, as it would make your syntax
unparseable - you seem to have closed xsl:attribute twice. Once as a
singlrton, once as a container. I blame the email...

Second, I'd imagine you want the value of the email to be INSIDE the
closing <a>, otherwise nothing's getting linked at all!

>     <xsl:value-of select="EMAIL"/>
>  </a></font></li>
 
However, neither of these problems should cause everything to get
linked. As much as I hate some of the long sources posted here, perhaps
we need a little more context to see where the problem lies.

Could be you're using an overly forgiving transformer that's
second-guessing your errors and getting it wrong. However that would
make the transformer very very non-compliant, XML is NOT as friendly as
HTML. (for good reason)

.dan.


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