On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:52:58 +0200, Tobias Krause <spamtk@w...>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I got a XML file like [3] and I'd need to get the value of the type
>attribute.
>Why does [1] return the number it self while [2] returns the value of
>the type attribute?


It's doing exactly what you told it : 

<xsl:value-of select="phonenumbers/number[@type]"/> selects the text
content of the number node, as long as it has an attribute of "type".

<xsl:value-of select="@type"/> selects the value of the attribute
called `type` in your XML.


>Is there a way to get the value of the type attribute in the
>match="entry" example?


Yes, you want to use 
<xsl:value-of select="phonenumbers/number/@type"/>

Followed swiftly by a basic XPath tutorial refresher - can I suggest
http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/xpath_syntax.asp

HTH
Cheers - Neil

>Regards, Toby
>
>[1]
><xsl:template match="entry">
>    <xsl:value-of select="phonenumbers/number[@type]"/>
></xsl:template>
>
>
>[2]
><xsl:template match="number">
>    <xsl:value-of select="@type"/>
></xsl:template>
>
>
>[3]
><entry private="false">
>	<phonenumbers standard="mobile">
>		<number type="mobile">+49176***/number>
>	</phonenumbers>
></entry>
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