Question

I get an error if I try to use the xpath ‘current()’ function in a sitecore query inside a nested expression, something like this:

/sitecore/content/Home/Topics/*[contains(current()/@MainTopics, @@id)]

What I am trying to do is, use this query as a source for my DropLink field to only list ‘Topic’ items that are already selected in another ‘MainTopics’ field in the same item.

But this gives me an error, something like ")" expected at position 50

So looks like current() function cannot be used inside the nested expression, or entirely. If not, is there any way to reference the current node and not the context node from within a nested expression?

Any ideas?

Answer 1

does sitecore query support current() function?

current() is a function defined only in XSLT.

By definition current() produces the node that is matched by the current xsl:template or the node that is selected in an xsl:for-each

As SiteCore doesn’t seem to have an XSLT implementation, the answer must be negative.