alternating line colours 1

[emms]

Hi,

I'm having huge trouble with some XSL.

I'm trying to output XML with alternate lines coloured differently... so far I've got this:

<xsl:variable name=&quot;row-number&quot; select=&quot;position()&quot;/>
<tr class=&quot;
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;$row-number mod 2 = 0&quot;>darkrow</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>lightrow</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>&quot;>

can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong... the error is:
The character '<' cannot be used in an attribute value


This is the first XSL I've written and I'm picking it up as I go along from the net... be gentle!

thanks

Emma

 

[thrybergh]

Hello.

Try this:

<xsl:variable name=&quot;row-number&quot; select=&quot;position()&quot;/>

<tr>
  <xsl:attribute name=&quot;class&quot;>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test=&quot;$row-number mod 2 = 0&quot;>darkrow</xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>lightrow</xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:attribute>

  <td>blah blah</td>

</tr>

The error you got arose because you used the

<

symbol when it wasn't really an element.

You need to use the <xsl:attribute> element when you are generating attribute values from the XML.

 

[emms]

Oh I see!

thanks you're an absolute star.



that's solved about five nagging problems I was having.

Em