Thanks for the nice welcome Jay. I listed below my XML tree and the
desired output as requested. I left out a couple of the inner nodes
that I use in my output just to shorten the e-mail. I have tried
making the table and then pointing to the nodes by using an XPATH
query to them such as //directory/staffPersonal/Person/fName but then
it does not go through all the fName elements, it just lists the first
one repeatedly. Also, I am using XSL 1.0
Thanks again,
Max
"Anyway, please post a small but complete XML source file and a sample of
your desired output. Then we can help you get to a solution. "
XML tree------
<directory>
<staffPersonal>
<Person>
<fName>first Name </fName>
<lName>last Name </lName>
</Person>
</staffPersonal>
<staffOffice>
<Office>
<dptFull>Biology</dptFull>
<Location>Boone</Location>
</Office>
</staffOffice>
<staffTitle>
<Position>
<phone>xxx-xxxx</phone>
<pEmail>xyxy(_at_)tttt(_dot_)com</pEmail>
</Position>
</staffTitle>
</directory>
------------------------------------------------------------
Desired Output
<table>
<tr>
<td>dptFull</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Location</td>
<td>Phone</td>
<td>Fax</td>
<td>Box</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lname
<xsl:text> , </xsl:text>
fname</td>
<td>phone</td>
<td>pEmail</td>
<td>title</td>
<td>Location</td>
</tr>
</table>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bronsema" <max(_dot_)bronsema(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
To: <xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: [xsl] Trouble creating a table with multiple named templates
Hi all,
First post. The problem I am having is creating a table using
templates. Currently my named templates out put the results in a table
format. I would like to have a master template that outputs all the
data at once, thus I have control of what the table looks like. I
currently have three XML documents merged together by ASP into one XML
document with the root node of directory. From this XML document I
have been able to pull out all the data I need using templates
specific to the nodes I am trying to acess. For example:
<xsl:template name="staffTitle" match="//directory/staffTitle/Position">
<table>
<tbody>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Phone"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="pEmail"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="Title"/></td>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:template>
Where I am running into trouble is when I try to create the master
template to include all of the named templates information. I have
experimented using a template such as:
<xsl:template name="master" match="//directory">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="dptFull"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Location: <xsl:value-of select="Location"/></td>
<td>Phone: <xsl:value-of select="Phone" /></td>
<td>Fax: <xsl:value-of select="Fax"/></td>
<td>Box: <xsl:value-of select="oBox"/></td>
</tr>
etc...
but this does not return the data in the nodes. The real question is,
is it possible to combine these named templates into a template that
can access all of their data? The master template being a table
structure using <xsl:value-of select=""/> as the way to acess data. It
works well with my named templates acessing specific parts of the XML
document. What is the hangup with going to a larger scale? I know
nesting is not a option and have read some info about using Modes but
that does not seem like it will work for what I am trying to do. I am
getting a book on Wednesday but am hoping for some help from this
wealth of knowledge. Please ask for more details or more code if that
is what you need.
Thank you,
I appreciate the help.
Max Bronsema
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