How to get an attribute whose name is xlink:href

hpdp · January 26th, 2010, 03:08 PM

Hi, I have the following XML

<ext-link xlink:href="http://....com">www....com</ext-link>

in my xslt, when I have
...
<ext-link xlink:href="{@xlink:href}">
....

When I ran it, it gave me error "
namesapce error : namespace prefix xlink for href on ext-link is not defined.
I tried to use "xlink\:href", it didn't work.

How to call this attribute??
Thanks a lot!!

joefawcett · January 26th, 2010, 03:31 PM

In your xml you should see a namespace declaration for xlink, something like

Code:

xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"

probably on the root element. You need to add a similar declaration to your XSLT, again this is usually done on the xsl:stylesheet element.

hpdp · January 26th, 2010, 03:44 PM

Thanks a lot!!!
It works.