XSL variable question

[Craftor]

Hi all

I have the following situation:

I am using XSLT to transform the results of a SQL query to list all regions mapped to a certain salesperson. I need to list every region - with a checkbox to indicate if the particular region is actually mapped to that salesperson or not. I've got this far with minimal probs.

Now, what I need to do is, if the checkbox is checked (i.e. the region is mapped), I need to hyperlink the region name to a page displaying all the cities in the region. If it's not checked, I just need to display the name.

I've created an XSLT variable called 'checked' - and what I want to do is assign it a value of true or false based on the value of the checkbox. I know XSLT doesn't really support variables in the same way as a language like VB so is this actually possible? Am I making something very complicated of something that is actually quite simple? Or would I be better off doing this in code?

Here is my XSLT so far (with errors). Any ideas?

<xsl:template match=&quot;region&quot;>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select=&quot;position()&quot;/>.</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;$UID=userid&quot;>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;CheckMap
{position()}&quot; id=&quot;CheckMap{position()}&quot; checked=&quot;true&quot; />
<xsl:variable name=&quot;checked&quot; select=&quot;true&quot; />
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;CheckMap{position()}&quot; id=&quot;CheckMap{position()}&quot; />
<xsl:variable name=&quot;checked&quot; select=&quot;false&quot; />
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</td>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=&quot;ACID{position()}&quot; name=&quot;ACID{position()}&quot; value=&quot;{mapid}&quot; />
<td width=&quot;5&quot;></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select=&quot;id&quot; /></td>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=&quot;txtID{position()}&quot; name=&quot;txtID{position()}&quot; value=&quot;{id}&quot; />
<td width=&quot;5&quot;></td>
<td>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;$checked='true'&quot;>
<a href=&quot;./region.aspx?id={id}&quot;><xsl:value-of select=&quot;description&quot; /></a>
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;description&quot; />
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>

This is just so everyone can see the logic that I'm trying to get at - I know this is wrong ;-)

Thanks as always

Craftor

 

[whichman]

All I've done is debug your stylesheet.
Didn't have time to read everything you wrote, butthis should work.
Try it
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<xsl:template match=&quot;region&quot;>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select=&quot;position()&quot;/>.</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<xsl:variable name=&quot;checked&quot;>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;$UID=userid&quot;>
<xsl:text>true</xsl:text>
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:text>false</xsl:text>
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;CheckMap{position()}&quot; id=&quot;CheckMap{position()}&quot;>
<xsl:if test=&quot;$checked='true'&quot;>
<xsl:attribute name=&quot;checked&quot;/>
</xsl:if>
</input>
</td>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=&quot;ACID{position()}&quot; name=&quot;ACID{position()}&quot; value=&quot;{mapid}&quot; />
<td width=&quot;5&quot;></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select=&quot;id&quot; /></td>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; id=&quot;txtID{position()}&quot; name=&quot;txtID{position()}&quot; value=&quot;{id}&quot; />
<td width=&quot;5&quot;></td>
<td>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test=&quot;$checked='true'&quot;>
<a href=&quot;../region.aspx?id={id}&quot;><xsl:value-of select=&quot;description&quot; /></a>
</xsl:when>
<xsltherwise>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;description&quot; />
</xsltherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>

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[Craftor]

Hi whichman

Unfortunately it didn't work :-( not to worry I managed to find a workaround but thanks anyway!