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RE: How to populate a HTML <select> tag..??
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] How to populate a HTML <select> tag..??
- From: "Paul Brown" <prb at fivesight dot com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:02:12 -0600
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> [Kevin Duffey]
> Subject: [xsl] How to populate a HTML <select>
> tag..??
> <select name="<xsl:value-of select='.'/>"
> size="1"><option value="<xsl:value-of
> select='.'/>"></select>
It's easy to forget that XSLT is XML (and not a scripted substition language
like Active Server Pages), and any XSLT script needs to obey the rules of
well-formed XML.
You can either use the {} syntax for evaluating expressions in attributes:
<select name="{.}" size="1">
Or you can use the xsl:attribute element:
<OPTION>
<xsl:attribute name="value">
<xsl:value-of select="." />
</xsl:attribute>
Option text goes here.
</OPTION>
If you really do want a "<" in an attribute (or as part of an expression),
then it needs to be escaped (<).
- Paul
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