Xpath expressions in XSLT have to be known at compile-time, they can't
be constructed from strings.
Look for a processor that offers an xx:evaluate() extension function; or
find a different approach to your problem.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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gary fong
Sent: 18 February 2003 19:35
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Subject: [xsl] Selecting from a node-set using variable path
For the life of me, I don't know how to do this even
though it seems like it would be very easy.
I have a variable, myNodeSet, which points to a node set,
in this case a set of 1 document element node.
I have another variable, myPath, which reflects a
(relative) location path to nodes I want to select from myNodeSet.
This works:
<xsl:variable name="t1" select="$myNodeSet//a/b/c"/>
This doesn't:
<xsl:variable name="t2" select="$myNodeSet/$myPath"/>
I'm using MSXML 4.0 and it's complaining with:
NodeTest expected here.
$myNodeSet/-->$<--myPath
which makes sense.
How do I filter down my node-set based upon some variable
location path?
Thanks
--
Gary F.
Sr. Software Engineer
Fast Track Systems, Inc
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