Please try this:

<xsl:variable name="smallCase" select="'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'" />
<xsl:variable name="upperCase" select="'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'" />

<xsl:if test="contains(translate(PUBLICDESCRIPTION_STRING, $smallCase,
$upperCase), translate($filter, $smallCase, $upperCase))">

On 8/3/07, Jessica Hennessey <jessica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am trying to filter my xml document to only output records based on a
> search string.  I have the basic search functionality working using the
> xsl:if and the contains() function.  Unfortunately for me, this is searching
> for an exact match including case.  I need it to be case insensitive.
>
> My initial thought was to make everything in my search field lowercase and
> force my incoming parameter to be lowercase.  However, I couldn't seem to do
> that from within the contains function.  The publicdescription field is not
> displayed on this page, so I can do anything I want to it.
>
> Here is my xsl
>
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:param name="order"/>
> <xsl:param name="orderdirection"/>
> <xsl:param name="filter"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>
>
>      <xsl:for-each select="root/job">
>          <xsl:sort select="*[name()=$order]" order="{$orderdirection}"/>
>          <xsl:if test="contains(PUBLICDESCRIPTION_STRING, $filter)">
>      <tr>
>        <td><a>
>   <xsl:attribute name="href">jobdetail.asp?jobid=<xsl:value-of
> select="JOBPOSTINGID_INT"/></xsl:attribute>
>   <xsl:value-of select="TITLE_STRING" /></a></td>
>                <td><xsl:value-of select="CITY_STRING"/>, <xsl:value-of
> select="STATE_STRING"/></td>
>        <td><xsl:value-of select="EMPLOYMENTTYPE_STRING"/></td>
>      </tr>
>          </xsl:if>
>      </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> Thanks to everyone who got me this far!!!I think this is the last obstacle.
>
>
>
>
> Jessica Hennessey
> Sunlight Studios - Internet Consulting & Development
> www.sunlightstudios-icd.com


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Regards,
Mukul Gandhi