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RE: How to use an xsl:variable in select= of another xsl:variable: SOLVED
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] How to use an xsl:variable in select= of another xsl:variable: SOLVED
- From: Rene de Vries <RdVries at PCL-HaGe dot nl>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:54:44 +0200
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Thanks Mike,
<xsl:value-of select="document('Descriptions.xml')//Descriptions/*[name()=$ancestor]/*[name()=$naam]/DescriptionShort"/>
did the trick!!!!
Greetings Rene
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Van: Michael Kay [SMTP:mhkay@iclway.co.uk]
Verzonden: woensdag 25 april 2001 12:47
Aan: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
Onderwerp: RE: [xsl] How to use an xsl:variable in select= of another xsl:variable
> and I want to use these as follows:
>
> <xsl:variable name="ShrtDescr"
> select="document('Descriptions.xml')/Descriptions/$ancestor/$n
aam/DescriptionShort" />
Frequently Given Answer number 3: you can't use variables to hold bits of an
XPath expression. They aren't macros.
In many cases you can get round it with *[name()=$naam]
In more complex cases (perhaps here) you need the xx:evaluate() extension
function.
Mike Kay
Software AG
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