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Thanks so much Sarah, that was it. I knew it had to be something simple.

-Blake

At 11:29 AM 7/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>When you do your select for $nice_name you are utilizing the full XPath to
>title:
>
>select="/ead/archdesc/dsc/c01[@id='ser2']/c02/did/unittitle/title"/>
>
>The problem with this is that the processor starts at the top of the
>document tree and looks for the first instance of title that matches
>that pattern - not the title in the c02 in which you are
>working in your foreach loop.
>
>Inside the foreach loop you could select on the title using the relative path
>
>select="did/unittitle/title"
>
>This selects the title in the current c02.
>
>If I am reading your question right
>
><xsl:for-each select="/ead/archdesc/dsc/c01[@id='ser2']//c02">
>  <xsl:variable name="file_name" select="@id"/>
>  <xsl:variable name="nice_name"
>  select="did/unittitle/title"/>
>  <xsl:element name="a">
>    <xsl:attribute name="href">
>      <xsl:value-of select="$file_name" />
>    </xsl:attribute>
>      <xsl:value-of select="$nice_name" />
>  </xsl:element>
>  </xsl:for-each>
>
>should do the trick.
>
>
>On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Blake Carver wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I am having a bit a problem on this little loop, and I'm hoping someone can
> > correct me:
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="/ead/archdesc/dsc/c01[@id='ser2']//c02">
> > <xsl:variable name="file_name" select="@id"/>
> > <xsl:variable name="nice_name"
> > select="/ead/archdesc/dsc/c01[@id='ser2']/c02/did/unittitle/title"/>
> > <xsl:element name="a">
> >   <xsl:attribute name="href">
> >     <xsl:value-of select="$file_name" />
> >   </xsl:attribute>
> >     <xsl:value-of select="$nice_name" />
> > </xsl:element>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> >
> > The problem being $nice_name is only displaying the First Title from the
> > list of titles. $file_name is working fine.
> > That is it'll pick up and display "AA Title", but it's not making it to or
> > displaying "BA Title" [two examples of titles]
> > The titles being here in my EAD:
> >
> > /ead/archdesc/dsc/c01[@id='ser2']/c02/did/unittitle/title
> >
> > I've tried this about a millions different ways, but can't get that second
> > variable to appear.
> > I'm not sure if that short snippet of code is enough to illustrate my
> > point, if it's not please let me know.
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Blake Carver
> > Web Librarian
> > The Ohio State University Libraries
> > [log in to unmask]
> > 247-7424
> >


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Blake Carver
Web Librarian
The Ohio State University Libraries
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247-7424