Hi Steve,
I'm just getting my feet wet in XSL and it's pretty interesting. I
think I am missing something though, because I find myself needing
xsl:text more than I think I really ought to. For example, if I have
XML
<contact>
<email>xxx(_at_)email(_dot_)com</email>
</contact>
and I want to generate a mailto URI like this:
<a href="xxx(_at_)email(_dot_)com>xxx(_at_)email(_dot_)com</a>
Whenever you find yourself using disable-output-escaping, you know
you're on the wrong track! The secret here is to use attribute value
templates as follows:
<xsl:template match="contact">
<a href="{email}"><xsl:value-of select="email" /></a>
</xsl:template>
or use the longer xsl:attribute instruction if you prefer:
<xsl:template match="contact">
<a>
<xsl:attribute name="href">
<xsl:value-of select="email" />
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:value-of select="email" />
</a>
</xsl:template>
Try to think in terms of building a tree of nodes rather than in terms
of creating an XML string, and XSLT will seem a lot simpler to use.
Cheers,
Jeni
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Jeni Tennison
http://www.jenitennison.com/
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