Re[2]: dynamic name/value pairs on URL using "following::"

["Brennan OShea" <Brennan dot OShea at alltel dot com>]

     Putting "following::" inside the attribute value template {} works as 
     long as I don't use the (.) operator -- which is what I was doing 
     wrong.
     
     Thanks for the help!!
       
     -Brennan

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Subject: Re: dynamic name/value pairs on URL using "following::"
Author:  xsl-list@mulberrytech.com at INTERNET
Date:    10/26/00 11:00 AM


Brennan,
     
>My problem is with the "following::" syntax using the {} notation to get the 
>value from the XML file for the column on the right side.  I've tried it 
many
>different ways and it does not work.  I still get the value from the left 
> column when I try:
>following::{.XXX/YYY/ZZZ}
     
The {} notation is known as an attribute value template.  The point of it 
is that anything within the {}s will be interpreted as an XPath pointing to 
a node, and its value will be inserted in its place.  So, if the path:
     
  /XXX/YYY/ZZZ
     
points to the ZZZ element whose string value is "foo" then:
     
  href="ui.do?firstVar={/XXX/YYY/ZZZ}"
     
will result in the @href attribute taking the value:
     
  "ui.do?firstVar=foo"
     
It's not exactly clear from your question what your source looks like, and 
what the relevant paths should be.  You do seem to be having problems with 
knowing where the following:: axis should go: it's *part of* the XPath, and
so it needs to go inside the attribute value template as well.  So instead of:
     
  following::{XXX/YYY/ZZZ}
     
you want:
     
  {following::XXX/YYY/ZZZ}
     
I hope that this helps - showing some sample XML and saying what you want 
to get from it is a good next step if it doesn't.
     
Cheers,
     
Jeni
     
Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/
     
     
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