Karen,
Would your boss also assign an electrician to fix a car by Friday,
without seeing that the electrician got training and practice in
automobile maintenance?
Just because a car has an electrical system doesn't mean that just
anyone, or even a very experienced electrical engineer, can just fix
an automobile, even with a manual. You also may need to know
something about internal combustion engines, hydraulics and a myriad
of other things. Likewise, to write XSLT stylesheets you really need
to know how they work. (Actually XSLT stylesheets are simpler than
cars, or should be; but the analogy still applies.)
I have no reason to doubt that you're a competent programmer; but
your basic questions regarding XSLT indicate that any prior
experience you bring isn't really helping. In particular, two things
you are having trouble with are (a) the XSLT processing model (e.g.
the role of "xsl:apply-templates") and (b) how to write XPath
expressions (e.g. what "." means, "*/." means, etc.). Both of these
are covered in introductory courses, books and online resources on
XSLT. Neither is something you are very likely to guess by yourself.
As you can see, on this list there are plenty of people willing to
help, any of whom could provide you a working stylesheet to meet your
specifications. But would that really help? So far, the questions and
answers you have received only nibble around the edges ("connect the
blue wire to the post"). What happens when the spec changes? I'm
sorry to be so pointed, but I think your problem goes deeper than
needing a stylesheet by a particular date certain.
Regards,
Wendell
At 05:38 PM 6/20/2006, you wrote:
Hi,
Thanks again for those who have replied to me. I appreciate it.
Unfortunately, I'm still struggling with the XSLT program. Have been
working on it quite some days, been to several websites and read part
of the "XSLT cookbook", but still can't make it out. Anyway, here is
my problem, I've pasted the XML source, current xslt file, and
expected output (I just can't get the NoteDetail node out). Since the
deadline is approaching (I guess my boss may look for othre source if
I still couldn't have a solution by early tomorrow), any of your
reply/help are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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