This is a bit confusing, I know. You are not selecting the value of the REF
attribute of SLIDE, but the value of slide elements that have a REF
attribute. To get the attribute value itself, use: 

<xsl:param name="hist" select="//HISTORY//LEVEL//SLIDE/@REF"/>

-----Original Message-----
From: heiko.grussbach@xxxxxxxx [mailto:heiko.grussbach@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:33 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Problems selecting attribues


Hi,

In a stylesheet, I have the following

<xsl:param name="hist" select="//HISTORY//LEVEL//SLIDE[@REF]"/>

<xsl:template match="SLIDES">
     <xsl:text> text1 </xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$hist"/>
     <xsl:text> text2 </xsl:text>
</xsl:template>

The output of this is:
text1 History text2

The XML source of the corresponding node however reads like:
...
<SLIDE
REF="d://programs//xml//astron//documents//Hist_1.xml">History</SLIDE>
...

So, why do I get element content, where I want to have the attribute? How do
I correctly select the attribute?
I'm using LotusXSL 0.18.5.

Regards

Heiko

Heiko.Grussbach@xxxxxxxx



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