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  • suzyb 474 posts 932 karma points
    May 17, 2011 @ 22:09
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    Select child node with specific name

    OK I'm stumped.  I want to select a specific child node something like this

    <xsl:value-of select="$settingsNode/descendant-or-self::orangeBoxContent" />

    but make the selected node dynamic. This works

    <xsl:value-of select="$settingsNode/descendant-or-self::*[name() = 'orangeBoxContent']" />

    but if I try doing this 

    <xsl:value-of select="$settingsNode/descendant-or-self::*[name() = $contentName]" />

    it doesn't even though $contentName is set to "orangeBoxContent".  I feel like I'm so close but just don't know what I'm missing to get it to work.

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  • suzyb 474 posts 932 karma points
    May 17, 2011 @ 22:13
    suzyb
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    btw this is a snippet of the xml structure

    <Settings id="1116" parentID="-1" level="1" writerID="0" creatorID="0" nodeType="1064" template="0" sortOrder="3" createDate="2011-04-28T12:37:33" updateDate="2011-05-17T19:46:45" nodeName="Settings" urlName="settings" writerName="admin" creatorName="admin" path="-1,1116" isDoc="">
        <siteName>Search Consultancy</siteName>
        <orangeBoxContent><![CDATA[
    <p>Sign up for Mail</p>

    <p>Proin tincidunt semper orci, et posuere ligula placerat quis.
    Fusce rutrum metus sit amet urna.</p>
    ]]></orangeBoxContent>
      </Settings>
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  • Chriztian Steinmeier 2800 posts 8790 karma points MVP 8x admin c-trib
    May 17, 2011 @ 22:16
    Chriztian Steinmeier
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    Hi suzyb,

    When you set the contentName variable/param, remember to use single quotes:

    <!-- Select the string 'orangeBoxContent' -->
    <xsl:variable name="contentName" select="'orangeBoxContent'" />

    <!-- Select the <orangeBoxContent> below the current context node -->
    <xsl:variable name="contentName" select="orangeBoxContent" />

    Was that it?

    Oh, and by the way - when it's a direct child, just use a slash to select it:

    <xsl:value-of select="$settingsNode/*[name() = $contentName]" /> 

    /Chriztian

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  • suzyb 474 posts 932 karma points
    May 17, 2011 @ 23:34
    suzyb
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    Thanks Chriztian, adding the single quotes worked.

    Although I think I could have avoided the hassle if I just tried what I intended to do in the first place.  I was using that text string to check what I wanted to do was possible.  But I intended to get the value of contentName from a macro parameter.  When I actually did that, it worked fine.

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