How to dynamically get value attribute value of a row using XSLT

Question

I have to create one table using XSLT and CSS. The table should look like

enter code here ID    FNAME
                 1    AA
                 2    BB

XML:

enter code here <students>
              <studentDetails  id="1" fname="AA"/>
              <studentDetails  id="2" fname="BB"/>
                 </students>

XSLT so far: I have traverse upto studentDetails and then

enter code here <td >
      <xsl:call-template name="zz">
      <xsl:with-param name="child-name" select="'id'"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
    </td>
     <xsl:template name="zz">
<xsl:param name="child-name"/>

<xsl:value-of select="*[name(@id) = $child-name]"/>//should print 1 and then 2 in next row

Can somebody suggest where i am going wrong?

Answer 1

At first don't pass "'id'" just use "id" At second = pattern * selects node, but you need attr (@*), so you need write:

<xsl:value-of select="@*[name()=$child-name]"/>

Answer 2

try

<xsl:value-of select="attribute::*[name() = $child-name]"/>

instead.

Edit: I have just read through Dewfy's answer. This is equivalent to what he proposed. Except for his "at first" part is an alternative to this, not something you have to in addition to changing xsl:value-of.