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[jian_xin85]

i need help :how do i print a attribute "isbn" from BOOK????<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Lab8_1.xsl "?><INVENTORY> tis line----> <Book code="A-9801" Isbn="0-12-960162-7"> <title>XML By Example</title> <author>Sean McGrath</author> <Publisher>Prentice Hall</Publisher> <Year>1998</Year> <Description> Covers keys e-commerce initiatives <br/> <![CDATA[<CDROM>inlcuded.]]> <br/> </Description> </Book></INVENTORY>thanz i n advance

[boen_robot]

Generally, attributes shouldn't contain data that should be extracted. If you are the creator of the XML (or have a connection with the one), you should (tell him to) place the attributes in other elements.The way to get an attribute is the same as an element but the XPath expression is different.Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">      <xsl:value-of select="/INVENTORY/Book/@Isbn"/></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>