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RE: Accessing multiple documents
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Accessing multiple documents
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 11:16:45 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> *** Scenario 2:
> <xsl:variable name='element'
> select='document(@binder)/Binder:binding/Binder:bind[1]/Binder
> :content/@elem
> ent'/>
> Content element to retrieve: <xsl:value-of select='$element'/>
> Content of this element: <xsl:value-of
> select='document("EZ722.xml")/$element'/>
>
XSLT 1.0 doesn't allow you to construct XPath expressions, or parts of
expressions, from strings or variables at run-time.
You can sometimes work round it using name(), e.g.
select='document("EZ722.xml")/*[name()=$element]'
Saxon has a more powerful workaround: the saxon:evaluate() extension
function.
Mike Kay
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