$like$ operator in XSL

[Yuenan Yang]

Is there a $like$ operator in XSL, which can do a 'like' search, like SQL's
LIKE keyword?

[Rohit Wason]

"Yuenan Yang" <yuenan@idcglobal.com> wrote:
>
>Is there a $like$ operator in XSL, which can do a 'like' search, like SQL's
>LIKE keyword?

I would use JScript's String.match(rgExp) to do that.
<xsl:if test=...> can be used to do that

Rohit

[Greg Longtin]

Yuenan,

The XPath contains() function

Greg

Yuenan Yang <yuenan@idcglobal.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a $like$ operator in XSL, which can do a 'like' search, like
SQL's
> LIKE keyword?

[Yuenan Yang]

So no $like$ operator in select pattern at all?

[Greg Longtin]

Yuenan,

I'm sorry I wasn't clearer. The XPath 'contains' function is very similar
to the SQL 'Like' operator.

Greg Longtin

"Yuenan Yang" <yuenan@idcglobal.com> wrote in message
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> So no $like$ operator in select pattern at all?

[Yuenan Yang]

The question is, in XSL (http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl),
We can use
<xsl:for-each select="person[@firstname $iqe$ 'yuenan']" order-by="lastname">,
is there a solution like,

<xsl:for-each select="person[@firstname $like$ 'uen']" order-by="lastname">

?

[Greg Longtin]

Yuenan,

Final answer (sorry, couldn't resist). AFAIK, not in
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl without script.

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform does allow it...

Sorry,

Greg

Yuenan Yang <yuenan@idcglobal.com> wrote in message
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>
> The question is, in XSL (http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl),
> We can use
> <xsl:for-each select="person[@firstname $iqe$ 'yuenan']"
order-by="lastname">,
> is there a solution like,
>
> <xsl:for-each select="person[@firstname $like$ 'uen']"
order-by="lastname">