Thanks all, i understand it all now.

It works!

Sven


Sven Waibel wrote:

> It's not the original xml file, but it's a simplified example of it.
> It's well-formed, checked with xmlspy.
> 
> I have some questions:
> 
> What do you mean with "nameofyourunnamedelement"?
> 
> What is the "/@s" at the end?
> 
> Why "@value", i thought you get the content of an CDATA field with "value" simply.
> 
> Thanks
> Sven
> 
> 
>><xsl:for-each select="itable[@id = i/paramter/nameofyourunnamedelement/@value]/@s">
>>  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>></xsl:for-each>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>>>i wrote days before about CDATA compare problems and now i 
>>>know my problem is at another point.
>>>
>>>xml:
>>>-------------------------------------
>>><itables>
>>>  <itable id=1 name="h">
>>>     <i>
>>>        <paramter>
>>>	    <value="<![CDATA[7]]>"/>	
>>
>>
>>The last time I check XML 1.0 spec, an element had to have a name and LESS-THAN SIGN was not allowed in attribute value.
>>
>>
>>
>>>	    <value="<![CDATA[8]]>"/>
>>>	 </paramter>
>>>     </i>
>>>  <itable id=2 name="s">
>>>     <i>
>>>        <paramter>
>>>	    <value="<![CDATA[1]]>"/>	
>>>	    <value="<![CDATA[5]]>"/>
>>>	 </paramter>
>>>     </i>
>>>  </itable>
>>></itables>
>>>-------------------------------------
>>>
>>>I want to compare each itable/@id with each value:
>>>
>>>itable id=1 with
>>>	<![CDATA[7]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[8]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[1]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[5]]>
>>>
>>>itable id=2 with
>>>	<![CDATA[7]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[8]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[1]]>
>>>	<![CDATA[5]]>
>>>
>>>and then i want give out the itable name where id = value.
>>
>>
>><xsl:for-each select="itable[@id = i/paramter/nameofyourunnamedelement/@value]/@s">
>>  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>></xsl:for-each>
>>
>>>I hope i expressed myself clearly.
>>
>>
>>It always helps if your example XML is well-formed, that way people don't have to quess or attempt error recovery.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jarno