Perfect,
This is exactly what I was looking for:
      <xsl:if test="@field_type = 'textbox'">

You can't believe how long (and how unsuccessfully) I spent searching the net for an example that does this.  I guess I should have guessed this, but oh well.

Thanks,
Kerry.

-----Original Message-----
From:   Wendell Piez [SMTP:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Friday, February 11, 2000 7:56 AM
To:     xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Re: Using the xsl:if correctly

My guess is Kerry is looking for something like:

<td>
  <xsl:if test="@field_type = 'textbox'">
    <INPUT TYPE="text" Name="{$table_name}:{$column_name}"
           Value="{$field_name}"/>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="@field_type = 'textarea'">
    <textarea Name="{$table_name}:{$column_name}"
              ROWS="4" COLS="40">
      <xsl:value-of select='.'/>
    </textarea>
  </xsl:if>
</td>

Note that this solution creates a <td> in all cases, but creates no content
for it if the field_type attribute is missing or has a different value from
those handled explicitly. If you need an 'else' effect, use xsl:choose with
xsl:when and xsl:otherwise.

--Wendell Piez




>desired XML:
><column name="model" type="String" description="Auto Model"
field_type="textbox">Mustang</column>
><column name="vintag" type="String" description="VIN Number"
field_type="textarea">abc</column>
>
>current XSL:
><!-- test to see whether the value goes in a textarea or text field -->
><xsl:if test="@in_textbox">
>  <td><INPUT TYPE="text" Name="{$table_name}:{$column_name}"
Value="{$field_name}"/></td>
></xsl:if>
><xsl:if test="@in_textarea">
>  <td><textarea Name="{$table_name}:{$column_name}" ROWS="4"
COLS="40"><xsl:value-of select='.'/></textarea></td>
></xsl:if>
>
>desired XSL:
>???




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