Inserting contents of HTML input box into xsl:attribute

This is a search across two databases.    
See NOTE 1  This is the onclick command and it runs function CreateSS which 
builds the search string 
See NOTE 2 THe results of CreateSS is placed in the ss input field
See NOTE 3 I am trying to put the contents of the ss Input field into the 
second search string which I need to build up on the line above and below this 
note
The question is how do I put the result of a javascript function or of an HTML 
input box into an xsl attribute?
 
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
Stephen English
 
<!--I have this at top of my stylesheet-->
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" 
  xmlns:my="urn:my-namespace">
 
<xsl:output method="html" />
 

<xsl:template match="advancedsearch" mode="link">
 <xsl:variable name="pgspecified"><xsl:value-of select="@pg"/></xsl:variable>
<FORM NAME="searchform" METHOD="post">
<xsl:attribute name="action">http://<xsl:value-of 
select="$baseurl"/>SearchRequest3</xsl:attribute>
 <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="stypen" VALUE="html"/>
 <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="maxresults" VALUE="20"/> 
 <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="searchpage" VALUE="1"/>
 <!--<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="reset" VALUE="true"/> -->
 <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="clear" VALUE="true"/>
 
  <xsl:element name="INPUT">
  <xsl:attribute name="TYPE">
   <xsl:text>hidden</xsl:text>
  </xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="NAME">
   <xsl:text>pg</xsl:text>
  </xsl:attribute>
  
  <xsl:choose>
   <xsl:when test="$pgspecified">
     <xsl:attribute name="VALUE"><xsl:value-of 
select="$pgspecified"/></xsl:attribute>
   </xsl:when>
   <xsl:otherwise>
     <xsl:attribute name="VALUE"><xsl:value-of 
select="//doc/@pageid"/></xsl:attribute>    
   </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:element>
 <!-- Start of Advanced Search box-->  
 <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0"   class="body" >
   <TR VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">
   <td width="110">
<!-- NOTE 1 -->
     <INPUT type="button" value="Search Now" name="FormsButton1" 
onclick="CreateSS();" size="18">
  </INPUT><br />
    </td>
   <td width="3"></td>
   <td  colspan="3" width="-1%">
     <table >
     <td BGCOLOR="#feebc6">
      <B>Search: </B><BR/>
 
      <INPUT id="FormsEditField1" NAME="ss1" SIZE="73" MAXLENGTH="100" >
   </INPUT>
  </td>
  </table>
   </td>
 </TR> 
<!-- NOTE 2 --> 
 <tr><td colspan="6">
   <INPUT id="FormsEditField1" NAME="ss" SIZE="93" MAXLENGTH="240" >
   <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of 
select="//SearchResults/searchparameters" /></xsl:attribute>
   </INPUT>
  </td>
 </tr>
</TABLE>
 
<!-- Now we need parameters for second server -->
<xsl:element name="INPUT">
 
  <xsl:attribute name="TYPE"><xsl:text>hidden</xsl:text></xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="NAME"><xsl:text>url</xsl:text></xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="VALUE">
   <xsl:value-of select="$remotedatabase" />%26ss=
<!-- NOTE 3 -->
<!-- It doesn't like the next line
   <xsl:value-of select="string(my:SearchString())"/>
 
  </xsl:attribute>
 
</xsl:element>
 

<msxsl:script language="javascript" implements-prefix="my"><![CDATA[
 function SearchString(){
 return document.searchform.ss.value
}
]]>
</msxsl:script>
 
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="url" VALUE="local"/>
 
<script language="javascript" >
function CreateSS()
{
document.recalc(true);
var ssTotal="";
 
// If CSU = True then we only want to include CSU info documents
 if (document.searchform.CSU.checked==true){
  ssTotal =  "'" + 'CSU=' + '"True"' + "'";
  } 
 
// Obtain search string box values
var ssText="";
ssText=document.searchform.ss1.value
if (ssText.length &gt; 0){
 if (ssTotal.length &gt; 0 ){
  ssTotal = ssTotal + "+"  + ssText;
  }
  else{
   ssTotal = ssText;
  }
 }
document.searchform.ss.value = ssTotal 
document.searchform.submit();
ssTotal=""
}
 
<!--<msxsl:script
 xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
 language="VBScript"
 implements-prefix="ms">
 -->
 
<!--</msxsl:script> -->
 
</script>
<!-- End of Advanced Search-->
</FORM>
</xsl:template>
 
 

Stephen D. English
Business Analyst - eBusiness
City of Salisbury
South Australia
Tel:  (08) 8406 8551
http://www.salisbury.sa.gov.au
Email: senglish(_at_)salisbury(_dot_)sa(_dot_)gov(_dot_)au
Fax (08) 8281 5466



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