Re: <xsl:value-of ...> as value of HTML attribute

[Jeni Tennison <jeni at friday dot u-net dot com>]

Toivo Lainevool wrote:
>The problem is that it isn't legal to include an element inside of a
attribute
>value.  You need to use the xsl:attribute and xsl:element elements, like so:
>
><xsl:template match="Code">
>    <xsl:element name="option">
>        <xsl:attribute name="value">
>             <xsl:value-of select="Effect"/>
>        </xsl:attribute>
>        <xsl:value-of select="Display"/>
>    </xsl:element>
></xsl:template>

Or, alternatively, an attribute-value template.  Place the 'select'
expression of the xsl:value-of that you want to be able to write in curly
braces (e.g. {Effect}) within the attribute to achieve the same effect.

<xsl:template match="Code">
    <option value="{Effect}">
        <xsl:value-of select="Display"/>
    </option>
</xsl:template>

There's also no need to use xsl:element unless you want to.  It works
perfectly well to do:

<xsl:template match="Code">
    <option>
        <xsl:attribute name="value">
             <xsl:value-of select="Effect"/>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:value-of select="Display"/>
    </option>
</xsl:template>

Cheers,

Jeni

Dr Jeni Tennison
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