Populating a select control 1

[Kalisto]

In my xsd I have a set of enumerated types within an element. Is there any way of extracting these and inserting them into my xslt via xpath, or do I need to either;
1) code them in an includable xml file
2) Hard code them in the xslt, which means I have 3 duplicate sets of data (database, xslt and xsd) to maintain and synchronise

K

 

[JontyMC]

How about:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"[/URL] xmlns:xs="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">[/URL]
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <select name="myselect">
      <xsl:for-each select="document('myschema.xsd')/xs:schema/xs:element[@name='myelement']//xs:enumeration">
        <option value="{@value}">
          <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
        </option>
      </xsl:for-each>
    </select>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

 

[Kalisto]

Thanks. It doesnt quite work yet (the list doesnt populate, but the page renders an empty select control, so Im guessing I have a type somewhere.

Whilst I remember, thanks for trying to help me yesterday, it was the tools I was using misbehaving, not the code in the end.

K

 

[JontyMC]

The XPath is probably incorrect for your schema. Is the namespace prefix correct? Do you have the correct path to the schema? Posting your schema (or portion of) will help.

 

[Kalisto]

Its sorted ta, one of the elements (the one I was testing with obviously) was defined as a sub element of an element, i.e. <element><stuff><element><enum values></element></element>

To make it easier and save asking again, I made the internal element a ref and extracted it to an element all of its own, and it now works.

Thanks anyway!

 

[JontyMC]

You could've just changed the XPath:

document('myschema.xsd')/xs:schema//xs:element[@name='myelement']//xs:enumeration

 

[Kalisto]

Dmanit, I tried everything I could think of except the double \\ before the element! Thanks, I need to buy a book I think.