Subject: RE: Using name() with XPath expressions (fwd)
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:45:33 +0100
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> The problem is that if the variable $field contains the path of a text
> node instead of the name itself, the name function doesn't work. For
> example, if $field contains 'author/lastname', the name
> function assumes
> that 'author/lastname' is the string value of the name of a
> node instead
> of the path to a node. How do I alter this comparison so
> that it works
> with $field values that are paths as well as field values that are
> names? Thanks in advance.
You're now into the realms of the xx:evaluate() extension function provided
in Saxon, Xalan, and a couple of other products. Or in MSXML3, you can call
into a JavaScript extension function that uses selectNodes().
Mike Kay
Software AG
XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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