Hi ,
    for the below code

<xsl:template match="DataSet">

  <xsl:param name="{RowSpan}"/>

  <td rowspan="Rowspan">

      <xsl:value-of select="$RowSpan"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="./Data"/>
  </td>

</xsl:template>


i am receiving the value of rowspan as a parameter , while displaying it using "$" sign within Tag , it is showing the proper value, if we remove the "$" sign it is not showing the value. can please any one clarify me on this? why this happens ? what is the use of "$" sign"?

Venki

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Venki

This is a syntax error:

<xsl:param name="{RowSpan}"/>

You should only use curly braces when embedding an XPath expression in the literal value of an attribute.

Within an XPath expression, whenever you refer to a variable, you must prefix it with a $ sign. This is to distinguish it from an element name. select="$rowspan" gets the value of the rowspan variable, while select="rowspan" gets the value of a child <rowspan> element of the context node.

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

Thank you, Now i am clear with usage of "$" ,it is used when we refer the value of the variables right. Then how do i make the variable value to know HTML TD tag.
I tried the following code, but that rowspan value doesn't takes effect.

<xsl:template match="DataSet">

  <xsl:param name="RowSpan"/>

  <td rowspan="{Rowspan}">

      <xsl:value-of select="$RowSpan"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="./Data"/>
  </td>

</xsl:template>

Venki

It is not clear what you want to achieve.
If you want to use the parameter named RowSpan in your attribute value template for the rowspan attribute value then you need
--
  Martin Honnen
  Microsoft MVP - XML

i am receiving the rowspan value as a parameter in the name "RowSpan" , I want to pass this value to the Td tag for rowspan attribute,
   i tried the code you said, the code i used is below

<xsl:template match="DataSet">

  <xsl:param name="RowSpan"/>

  <td rowspan="{$Rowspan}">

      <xsl:value-of select="$RowSpan"/>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="./Data"/>
  </td>

</xsl:template>

this shows the following error:

A reference to variable or parameter 'Rowspan' cannot be resolved. The variable or parameter may not be defined, or it may ...


Also i give the code from this DataSet template is called

<xsl:apply-templates select="$listNodes/DataSet">
                  <xsl:with-param name="RowSpan">

                  <xsl:call-template name="CalcRowSpan">
                     <xsl:with-param name="nodeList" select="$listNodes/Instance"/>
                  </xsl:call-template>

                  </xsl:with-param>
</xsl:apply-templates>

Venki

Well check the spelling, 'RowSpan' is different from 'Rowspan'.

--
  Martin Honnen
  Microsoft MVP - XML

Hi ,
 I myself realized the mistake i made and corrected, that works perfectly as i need.
the mistake i made is related to Cases as shown below
<td rowspan="{$Rowspan}"> instead of <td rowspan="{$RowSpan}">

thank you all very much for their kind replies.



Venki

yes martin, just now realized . Corrected now. Thank you very much Martin for spotting my error. That works good now. :D

Venki

Can't see anything obviously wrong with the code you've shown us. That usually means the error is in the code you haven't shown us. (Or sometimes it means that you were running different code from the code you thought you were running...)

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

Sorry Michale,Yaa.. I realize my mistake, i will correct myself while posting the topics in future.

Venki