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Matching attributes that contain both &pos; and "
- To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
- Subject: Matching attributes that contain both &pos; and "
- From: Paul_Dick at lotus dot com
- Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:54:40 -0400
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
The xpath states in section 1:
To avoid a quotation mark in an expression being interpreted by the XML
processor as terminating the attribute value the quotation mark can be
entered as a character reference (" or '). Alternatively, the
expression can use single quotation marks if the XML attribute is delimited
with double quotation marks or vice-versa.
However the following example proves troublesome for XT, Saxon
and Xalan. All of them generate an error.
--XML Source:--
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<channel>
<location name=' "x" 'a z'/>
</channel>
--XSLT Stylesheet:--
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="channel/location[@name=' "x" 'a z']">
<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
This might be a flaw with the spec, but given that it isn't, does anyone
have a work around for how to match this attribute.
Paul
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