Creating a hyperlink in XML/XSL

[snakehips2000]

Could someone please give me a very example of the syntax for displaying a hyperlink in HTML for a URL value stored in an XML/XSL document.

I've looked for answers on this forum without success - maybe the answer's so obvious!

Thanks.

 

[k5tm]

A more effective answer might be obtained if you provided an (abbreviated) XML document, the desired output HTML document, and your initial attempt at an XSL document that accomplishes the translation. Then the rest of us might see where the confusion arises.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[snakehips2000]

OK, at its simplest level, I'm trying to obtain output in an HTML page showing a table of values (2 rows x 3 columns).

The "photo" node in the XML document needs to have a URL stored within it for each of the two rows such that when the user clicks on the text "View Image" on the HTML page, it opens the relevant image in a new window. I'm making the (possibly wrong) assumption that I need to employ XSL to achieve this.

Hope this helps someone answer my question.

XML document
============
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../html/XSLtest.xsl"?>
<catalogue>
<bcp>
<photo>View Image</photo>
<itemcode>Item 3</itemcode>
<xname>Tent Pins</xname>

</bcp>
<bcp>
<photo>View Image</photo>
<itemcode>Item 3</itemcode>
<xname>Tent Pins</xname>
</bcp>
</catalogue>

XSL document
============
<xsl:stylesheet version = '1.0'
xmlns:xsl='

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'>

<xsl:template match="bcp">
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="itemcode"/></td>
<td><!-- this is where I'm stuck! --></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="xname"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</xsl:template>

 

[tsuji]

><td><!-- this is where I'm stuck! --></td>
[tt]<td><a href="{photo}"><xsl:value-of select="photo" /></a></td>[/tt]