Re: Selecting case insensitively

[Mike Brown <mike at skew dot org>]

Doug Howell wrote:
> I'm developing an XML glossary, and want to update the "select" attribute of
> the xsl:template based on what people type (a few characters) in a search
> text input field.

xsl:template doesn't have a select attribute.
Do you mean xsl:apply-templates?

> Is there any way to select case-_in_sensitively? Do I need
> to write functions which create different mixed-case versions of what's
> typed, and then use these versions with "or" in the select predicate/filter?
> Or is there an easier way (I hope)?

If $foo is what the user entered,

<xsl:apply-templates
  select="someElement[translate(.,'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',
  'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') = translate($foo,
  'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')]" />

would apply the best matching templates for each someElement element that
has a string-value that is the same as $foo, case-insensitively.

Hopefully this is the kind of thing you're shooting for.

   - Mike
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