Thanks Wendell,
I tried below suggestion, but getting output like..
<td>
<input type="hidden" name="varPass" value="99999">schite
</td>
instead of..
<td>
<input type="hidden" name="varPass" value="schite">
</td>
??
- flashlight
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[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com]On Behalf Of
Wendell Piez
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [xsl] relatively new to XSL- variable setting question
Bruce,
At 06:46 PM 10/6/2003, Bruce you wrote:
Replying to my own post... a simpler way to ask my question is:
- is there a way to test if an element contains a given node
(ColData[(_at_)colID='5']? -- then I can make my variable statement conditional
instead of it's value, as one can't reset a variables value in XSL
apparently..
You're on the right track:
<xsl:variable name="testVar">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:test if="@colID=5">
<xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
</xsl:test>
<xsl:otherwise>99999</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
Or sometimes there are more concise ways to achieve the behavior you want:
<input type="hidden" name="varPass" value="99999">
<xsl:copy-of select="@value[current()/@colID=5]"/>
</input>
No variable needed -- value defaults to 99999 unless your colID is 5, in
which case @value is copied.
Cheers,
Wendell
XSL code..............(simplified to focus on dateVar problem)
<td>
<xsl:variable name="testVar" select="'optionA'"/>
<xsl:for-each select="ColData">
<xsl:if test="@colID='5'">
<xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
<xsl:variable name="testVar" select="'optionB'"/>
</xsl:if>
</xsl:for-each>
<input type="hidden" name="varPass" value="{$testVar}"/>
</td>
XML input.............
<DataRow rowNumber="2">
<ColData colID="2" value="2003-10-03" />
<ColData colID="3" value="Bank One VISA (pay minimum)" />
<ColData colID="4" value="-100.00" />
<ColData colID="6" value="1010 · Operating Account (new)" />
<ColData colID="8" value="Bill Pmt -Check" />
<ColData colID="9" value="3241-1064422268" />
</DataRow>
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