Alternate actions on looping

[Crundy]

Hello,
I'm new to XML, so forgive me if this seems dumb!!

I'm trying to build a table using values from my XML file with alternating row background colors. I've tried:

<xslaram name=&quot;skip&quot; select=&quot;1&quot;/>

<xsl:for-each select=&quot;dept&quot;>
<TR><xsl:attribute name=&quot;bgcolor&quot;>
<xsl:if test=&quot;$skip=1&quot;>
#ffffff
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test=&quot;$skip=0&quot;>
#f0f0fd
</xsl:if>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:if test=&quot;$skip=1&quot;>
<xsl:with-param name=&quot;skip&quot; select=&quot;0&quot;/>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:if test=&quot;$skip=0&quot;>
<xsl:with-param name=&quot;skip&quot; select=&quot;1&quot;/>
</xsl:if>
etc

but Saxon tells me I can't use 'with-param' from within an 'if' node. I tried using 'when' and 'otherwise' instead of an if, but got the same error.

Can anyone help? C:\DOS:>
C:\DOS:>RUN
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[MrTom]

the <xsl:with-param> element is used when calling templates and so must be inside a <xsl:apply-templates> or <xsl:call-template>.
i can't really see what your solution would be tho. if $skip=1, what should the output look like?

 

[Crundy]

What it should do is go through the loop once and make <tr> followed by all the data for that row and a </tr> (not shown), then loop to the beginning, but this time make a <tr bgcolor=&quot;#f0f0fd&quot;>. C:\DOS:>
C:\DOS:>RUN
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[Crundy]

It's ok, I've solved my own problem!!
If anyone's interested, this is how I did it:

<tr><xsl:attribute name=&quot;bgcolor&quot;>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;position() mod 2=0&quot;>#f0f0fd</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>#ffffff</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:attribute>
C:\DOS:>
C:\DOS:>RUN
RUN DOS RUN!!

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