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RE: Use of Parameter with conditional logic - please help!
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Use of Parameter with conditional logic - please help!
- From: "Oleg Tkachenko" <olegt at multiconn dot com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 23:33:13 +0200
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Hello Warren !
Try "BaseSymbol=$basesym" expression.
<xsl:param name="basesym"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<HTML>
<xsl:for-each select="News/FullStory">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="BaseSymbol=$basesym">
<xsl:value-of select="Story"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
...
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Oleg Tkachenko,
Multiconn International
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Warren Keane
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:52 PM
> To: Xsl-List@Lists. Mulberrytech. Com (E-mail)
> Cc: Chris Sharp
> Subject: [xsl] Use of Parameter with conditional logic - please help!
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have an XML document which contains multiple news headlines.
> Each headline
> also as an associated story as in:
>
> <News>
> <FullStory>
> <BaseSymbol>SP</BaseSymbol>
> <HeadLines>Equity futures end firmer but again fail to maintain intraday
> highs</HeadLines>
> <Story>Equity futures ended Wednesdays session higher, but in a carbon
> copy of Tuesdays trade, reversed the days major gains and closed near
> opening levels. Futures shook off mostly weak economic data this morning,
> focusing instead on a research note out of Merrill Lynch, which
> hinted at a
> nadir for the semiconductor sector.</Story>
> </FullStory>
> </News>
>
> I have created an XSL doc which makes an HTML document for displaying the
> headlines as so:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="News/FullStory">
> <LI><A>
> <xsl:attribute name="HREF">headline.asp?storyid=<xsl:value-of
> select="BaseSymbol"/>
> </xsl:attribute>
> <xsl:value-of select="HeadLines"/>
> </A></LI>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> This works fine.
>
> I have figured out MSXML2.XSLTemplate and how to pass the BaseSymbol
> parameter of the headline selected to the second XSL file for
> displaying the
> full story associated (via BaseSymbol) with the headline. My
> problem is that
> I don't know how to work with the parameter. I can display it in HTML so I
> know the second XSL file is receiving the parameter. So far my second XSL
> looks like this:
>
> <xsl:param name="basesym"/>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <HTML>
> The parameter value was: <xsl:value-of select="$basesym"/>
> <xsl:for-each select="News/FullStory">
> <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test="[BaseSymbol=<xsl:value-of select="$comsym"/>">
> <xsl:value-of select="Story"/>
> </xsl:when>
> <xsl:otherwise>
> ......
> </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
>
> The parameter value is displayed correctly but I can't get the conditional
> logic to work. I have tried many things including the use of variables. I
> think I just need the syntax for the <xsl:choose> that can use the
> parameter. Any suggestions are appreciated, I have been up all night and
> leave for vacation today, I promised my boss this would be done.
>
> Thanks in advance. `
>
>
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