The attribute value must be in quotes. Use the opposite kind of quotes
from the ones that surround the expression - single quotes in your case.

Michael Kay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noelle
> Sent: 29 June 2003 20:08
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> Subject:  Selecting nodes by attribute value
> 
> 
> For some reason I can't seem to select a specific node by the 
> value of a specified attribute, despite the fact that this is 
> one of the basic things described in any tutorial or 
> reference on XSLT.  When I use the format:
> 
> ...
> <xsl:apply-templates select="element[@attributename=attributevalue]"/>
> ...
> 
> it just returns a blank page (or whatever might have been 
> included up to that point, such as formatting, like a 
> background). It's as though its not recognising that there's 
> an attribute with the specified value (even though there is, 
> after double, triple, and quadruple checking to make sure I 
> didn't make a typo).  I've seen some examples with quotes 
> around the attribute value, but that just gives me an error 
> messages in the browser: "required whitespace missing".  It 
> does work if I just use a number that would be the equivalent 
> node that I want, but I'd like to be able to specify by 
> attribute value.
> 
> I couldn't find an answer in the archives or elsewhere, so 
> I'd really appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions. I 
> wouldn't be surprised if I'd just missed out on something 
> simple (that they don't tend to include in the examples 
> because they assume people know it already), since I've only 
> just started learning this.
> 
> Thanks,
> -N
> 
> 
> 
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