Dylan wrote:

> Here's the relevant code:
> 
> <tr>
>        <xsl:variable name="testname" select="substring-after
> (@name,'test_')" />
>        <xsl:variable name="testresult" select="failure "/>
>        <td><xsl:value-of select="$testname"/></td>
>        <td />
>        <td onclick="document.getElementById
> ('results').innerHTML='{$testresult}'"><a name="{$testname}"
> class="info" href="#{$testname}"><xsl:value-of select="failure/
> @message"/><span><xsl:value-of select="failure"/></span></a></td>
> </tr>
> 
> and then farther down the page:
> 
> <td>
>       <span id="results">Click on an error or failure and its details
> will be printed here</span>
> </td>
> 
> The "<xsl:value-of select="failure"/>" "<span><xsl:value-of
> select="failure"/></span>" works to get the data for the popup, but
> the "<xsl:variable name="testresult" select="failure "/>" followed by
> "innerHTML='{$testresult}'" doesn't.

Can you show us how such a failure element in your XML input looks? Can 
you explain what exactly happens when you say "doesn't work"? Do you get 
a script error?

And why are you setting innerHTML? Shouldn't you set innerText for IE 
and textContent for other browsers? xsl:value-of select="failure" will 
create a text node while settings innerHTML parses as HTML so it is no 
surprise if you get different results.

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