Hi All,

I am having trouble creating an HREF string based on an element and an attribute from another element. I want to combine the value of <link> with the value of JBU:revTEXT@name. Combining these two would create the link. The combined link would need to be on this line:

                                                                <td>
                                                                    <a href="{current()/@name}">
                                                                        <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                                    </a>
                                                                </td>



Thanks for the help.

Ok, I am almost there. I am able to create the string with the concat(). I think my xpath expression is wrong:

<xsl:variable name="x" select="../Link"/>

here is my XML file:
<book>
    <manual>
        <title>Chapter9a.xml</title>
        <link>Chapter 9.html</link>
    </manual>

</book>


<a href="{concat($x,'#',current()/@name)}">





            <xsl:for-each select="$XML1">
                            <xsl:for-each select="book">
                                <xsl:for-each select="manual">
                                    <xsl:for-each select="title">
                                        <tr>
                                            <td>
                                                <a>
                                                    <xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="../link"/><xsl:variable name="x" select="../Link"/></xsl:attribute>
                                                    <xsl:for-each select="document(.)">
                                                        <xsl:for-each select="id('title')">
                                                            <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                        </xsl:for-each>
                                                        <xsl:for-each select="//JBU:revTEXT[@*]">

                                                            <tr>
                                                                <td>
                                                                    <xsl:for-each select="id('title')">
                                                                        <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                                    </xsl:for-each>
                                                                </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                    <xsl:for-each select="id('revdate')">
                                                                        <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                                    </xsl:for-each>
                                                                </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                                                                </td>
                                                                <td align="center">
                                                                    <xsl:for-each select="id('revnumber')">
                                                                        <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                                    </xsl:for-each>
                                                                </td>
                                                                <td>
                                                                    <a href="{concat($x,'#',current()/@name)}">
                                                                        <xsl:apply-templates/>
                                                                    </a>
                                                                </td>
                                                            </tr>
                                                        </xsl:for-each>
                                                    </xsl:for-each>
                                                </a>
                                            </td>
                                        </tr>
                                        <br/>
                                    </xsl:for-each>
                                </xsl:for-each>
                            </xsl:for-each>
                        </xsl:for-each>

Doesn't link start with a lowercase l?

--

Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

ahhhhh that was it. so easy...Sometimes another set of eyes helps. Thanks Joe.

Bones

You could use

<a>
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
         <xsl:value-of select="xxxx"/>
         <xsl:value-of select="yyyy"/>
  </xsl:attribute>

or

<a href="{xxxx}{yyyy}">

or

<a href="{concat(xxxx, yyyy)}">

or

<a>
  <xsl:attribute name="href">
         <xsl:value-of select="concat(xxxx, yyyy)"/
  </xsl:attribute>

I cana't help you with xxxx and yyyy because you haven't said anything about your source document (you've just shown 50 lines of stylesheet code which don't seem to have any obvious relevance to your question)


Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

How do I call up a varable within a concat()?

<a href="{concat($x,'#',current()/@name)}">


You seem to have answered your own question.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Michael,

As always, thank you for the help. You are correct, I did answer my own question. Somestime writing out the question helps me look at this in a different light.

 

My source document is actually an XML file that list about 35 XML files. In my orginal question, I was looking for a method to combine strings. After digging through Functions, I found the concat().

My code was correct except my xpath expression. I was looking for "Link" rather than "link". (thanks Joe)

Once again, Thank you for your help.

Bones