Re: [xsl] xsl-value-of does not process xsl values?

[David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>]

> and I obtain the element 
> content of the above element via another "xsl:value-of"
> Example: <xsl:value-of select="//text" />

That's your mistake. value-of does not give the content of the elements
it gives the string value (ie just the character data).
 use copy-of or apply-templates, depending on what you are trying to do.

You almost certainly don't want to use //text either. // is a very
expensive operation.

David

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