Looks suspiciously like a bug in the processor to me. Try running a
different XSLT processor to see if you get the same results.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
-----Original Message-----
From: Signature House [mailto:systems(_at_)signaturehouse(_dot_)net]
Sent: 10 January 2008 16:57
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Document Function Befuddlement
Document Function Befuddlement
I'm working on an application where I have to periodically
run a number of xml files that I'm given through the same xsl
transform.
Conveniently, I also get another xml file that lists the
names of all of the data files, so this seemed like the
perfect chance to put the document function to good use (my
first time).
I'm on a PC running XP SP2, using IE 7 & xsl 1.0. Below I've
included a much reduced test process that I've been using to
get it working - it simply lists the position, name and value
of all element nodes.
'day1.xml' & 'day2.xml' are the data files, 'monthly
list.xml' is the list of file names and I use 'list
nodes.xml' to trigger the whole thing by loading it into IE.
My befuddlement comes in because I'm getting more output from
a more restrictive selection criteria than I am from a less
restrictive selection criteria.
If, in 'monthly process.xsl', I use
<xsl:for-each select="document($monthly_link/@link)/daily//*">
I get, correctly:
Pos Name Value
--- ---- -----
1 client
2 day 1
3 name John
4 client
5 day 2
6 name Margaret
However, this doesn't show the daily nodes, which I wanted
included also, so I tried:
<xsl:for-each select="document($monthly_link/@link)//*">
I get, unexpectedly:
Pos Name Value
--- ---- -----
1 daily
2 client
3 day 1
4 name John
What I expected (and wanted) from the use of //* is:
Pos Name Value
--- ---- -----
1 daily
2 client
3 day 1
4 name John
5 daily
6 client
7 day 2
8 name Margaret
Would someone please explain why this is happening and what I
should do to get the results I need?
Thanks in advance
Mike McBee
Signature House
monthly process.xsl
-------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:template match="/">
<table border="1">
<xsl:variable name="monthly_link" select="document('monthly
list.xml')/monthly/day"/>
<tr><td>Pos</td><td>Name</td><td>Value</td></tr>
<xsl:for-each select="SEE ABOVE">
<tr>
<td><xsl:number value="position()" format="1"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="name(self::node())"/></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(text())"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
list nodes.xml
--------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="monthly process.xsl"?>
<null>null</null>
monthly list.xml
----------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<monthly>
<day link="day1.xml"/>
<day link="day2.xml"/>
</monthly>
day1.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<daily>
<client>
<day>1</day>
<name>John</name>
</client>
</daily>
day2.xml
--------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<daily>
<client>
<day>2</day>
<name>Margaret</name>
</client>
</daily>
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