The attribute value must be in quotes. Use the opposite kind of quotes
from the ones that surround the expression - single quotes in your case.
Michael Kay
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From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of
Noelle
Sent: 29 June 2003 20:08
To: XSL-List(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Selecting nodes by attribute value
For some reason I can't seem to select a specific node by the
value of a specified attribute, despite the fact that this is
one of the basic things described in any tutorial or
reference on XSLT. When I use the format:
...
<xsl:apply-templates select="element[(_at_)attributename=attributevalue]"/>
...
it just returns a blank page (or whatever might have been
included up to that point, such as formatting, like a
background). It's as though its not recognising that there's
an attribute with the specified value (even though there is,
after double, triple, and quadruple checking to make sure I
didn't make a typo). I've seen some examples with quotes
around the attribute value, but that just gives me an error
messages in the browser: "required whitespace missing". It
does work if I just use a number that would be the equivalent
node that I want, but I'd like to be able to specify by
attribute value.
I couldn't find an answer in the archives or elsewhere, so
I'd really appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions. I
wouldn't be surprised if I'd just missed out on something
simple (that they don't tend to include in the examples
because they assume people know it already), since I've only
just started learning this.
Thanks,
-N
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