In XSLT the input file is read-only, and you execute instructions that
construct a result tree. xsl:attribute adds an attribute to the result tree,
it does not modify the source tree.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vaduvoiu Tiberiu [mailto:vaduvoiutibi@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 16 May 2007 12:03
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  <xsl:attribute issue
> 
> Hi, I am trying to create an attribute for one of my xml 
> files that has a typoical format like:
> <root>
>     <level1>
>             <name>Name1</name>
>             other tags
>     </level1>
>     <level1>
>             <name>Name2</name>
>             other tags
>     </level1>
> </root>
> 
> so I'm trying to set the attribute of the name element before 
> displaying it:
> 
> <xsl:for-each select=level1>
>     <xsl:variable ....{here I get a variable so that's why I 
> can't call directly for each level1/name>
> 
> <xsl:for-each select="name">
>     <xsl:attribute name="test">
>             <xsl:value-of select="4"/>(just for testing, 
> instead of 4 I have a variable but I put 4 for testing) 
> </xsl:attribute> <xsl:for-each> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> 
> and then if I try to display it using
> <xsl:for-each select="level1/name">
>     <xsl:value-of select="@test"/>
> </xsl:for-each>, 
> 
> it doesn't display anything.
> 
> So where exactly am I going wrong? 10x in advance
> 
> 
>        
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