> What I'm trying to do here is. While processing an XML file (MAIN.xml)
with
> XSL I need to pull data from another XML file (ACAD.xml) that depends on
> content.
>
> @fileref is an attribute in the MAIN.xml file
> @generated and @autocad attributes are in the ACAD.xml file
>
> if @fileref exists in the ACAD.xml I need to pull and use the @autocad
> attribute

if you change:

   document('ACAD.xml')/ACAD/Drawing/@generated=@fileref

to:

   document('ACAD.xml')/ACAD/Drawing[@generated=@fileref]

then the following will select the attribute:

   select="$mike/@autocad"

or you could leave the variable alone, and just do the following:

   select="$mike/../@autocad"

Which you do depends on your preference, I suppose.  I'd prefer the first,
as a matter of style, but I suppose it depends on what you're going to do
with the variable.

If there's only one condition for the xsl:choose, and you won't use the
variable again, why not select the autocad attribute directly:

   document('ACAD.xml')/ACAD/Drawing[@generated=@fileref]/@autocad

Hope that helps...

Dave



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