Re: [xsl] When is a variable a nodeset and when isn't it?

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Subject: Re: When is a variable a nodeset and when isn't it?
From: Oleg Tkachenko <olegt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:42:17 +0200

Simon.Fairey@xxxxxx wrote:

Given:
<xsl:template match="/all">
        <xsl:variable name="root" select="/all/data/town"/>
        <xsl:for-each select="$root/climate|$root/transportation|$root/tourism">
                <xsl:variable name="section" select="name()"/>
                <xsl:if test="$root/$section/church">

This is synatax error. According to XPath grammar, variable reference in a location path can only be at first place: $var/what/ever. And having variable bound to a string ($section) in a location path isn't good idea at all. What you need proabably is $root/*[name()=$section]/church

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Oleg Tkachenko
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When is a variable a nodeset and when isn't it? Simon . Fairey - Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:24:08 -0400 (EDT) Oleg Tkachenko - Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:39:57 -0400 (EDT) <= Dimitre Novatchev - Mon, 9 Jun 2003 07:13:40 -0400 (EDT) <Possible follow-ups> Simon . Fairey - Mon, 9 Jun 2003 05:29:14 -0400 (EDT) David Carlisle - Mon, 9 Jun 2003 06:18:17 -0400 (EDT)

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