> From: David Erickson [mailto:derickson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 2:32 PM
> Subject:  Attribute and Parameter.. coexist?
> 
> 
> The goal is to combine that urlpath parameter infront of what 
> is contained
> in my xml document as seen above.
> 
> Here is the current code which we have been using, which only 
> inserts the
> value in the xml file. suggestions and alternatives welcomed =)
> 
> <img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 75px">
> 
> <xsl:attribute name="src">
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="IMAGES/HEADER"></xsl:value-of>
> 
> </xsl:attribute>

A more efficient way to create the source URL is to use attribute value
templates:

<img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 75px"
     src="{$urlpath}{IMAGES/HEADER}"/>

For added safety, you could use normalize-space() within the AVTs to remove
leading and trailing whitespace.

hth,
b.

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