incorporating string into the when contidtion in xsl - xslt

Question

I am trying to incorporate string into the when condition, but it does not work.
I have tried this:
<xsl:text>Salary:</xsl:text>
<xsl:for-each select="z:SalaryRecord">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="z:SalaryRecord = 'agreement'">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(' ',position(),' ',z:Type,'
')"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(' ',position(),' ',' ',z:Type,'(','from ',z:AmountFrom, ' to ',z:AmountTo,')','
')"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
and this:
<xsl:when test="z:SalaryRecord::text() = 'agreement'">
and this
<xsl:when test="z:SalaryRecord == 'agreement'">
My XML source code:
<RequiredSalary>
<SalaryRecord>
<Type>monthly</Type>
<AmountFrom>1000</AmountFrom>
<AmountTo>2000</AmountTo>
</SalaryRecord>
<SalaryRecord>
<Type>agreement</Type>
</SalaryRecord>
</RequiredSalary>
Any idea pls?
thanks

Answer 1

One fix to your situation may be the following template. However, you'd have to define a namespace for the z prefix in your stylesheet. Try adding xmlns:z="http://whatever.is.your.namespace" to your XSLT stylesheet element.
<xsl:template match="z:RequiredSalary">
<xsl:for-each select="z:SalaryRecord">
<xsl:text>Salary:</xsl:text>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="z:Type = 'agreement'">
<xsl:value-of select="concat(' ',position(),' ',z:Type,'
')"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="concat(' ',position(),' ',' ',z:Type,'(','from ',z:AmountFrom, ' to ',z:AmountTo,')','
')"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
<xsl:value-of select="'
'" />
</xsl:template>