Re: [xsl] Making an FAQ page from XML

[John Steel <john.steel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kamal Bhatt wrote:
> John Steel wrote:
> > Kamal Bhatt wrote:
> > > Don't make "*|@*" your first match. Make it your last. Instead, 
> > > match on faqlist. Not entirely sure what are the extra content is, 
> > > so I cannot really judge the right way of doing things. Try this:
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match='faqlist'>   <xsl:apply-templates 
> > > select="*[local-name != 'faq']"/>
> > >  <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="question"/> 
> > >  <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="answer"/> </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match='*|@*'>   <xsl:copy>
> > >  <xsl:apply-templates select='node()|@*'/>
> > > </xsl:copy>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > Thanks for your help - its almost there now. What I get is the right 
> > output, just duplicated.
> > 1 Question 1
> > 2 Question 2
> > ...
> > 1 Answer 1
> > 2 Answer 2
> > ...
> > 1 Question 1
> > 2 Question 2
> > ...
> > 1 Answer 1
> > 2 Answer 2
> > ...
> >
> > This is the full stylesheet I used:
> >
> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
> > version="1.0">
> > <xsl:output media-type='text/html'/>
> >
> > <xsl:template match='faqlist'>
> >  <xsl:apply-templates select="*[local-name != 'faq']"/>
> >  <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="question"/>
> >  <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="answer"/>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match='faq' mode="question">
> >  <tr>
> >   <td valign='top' width='24' class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
> >    <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*) + 1"/>
> >   </td>
> >   <td class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
> >    <a href='#1'>
> >     <xsl:value-of select='q'/>
> >    </a>
> >   </td>
> >  </tr>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match='faq' mode="answer">
> >  <tr>
> >   <td valign='top' width='24' class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
> >    <xsl:value-of select="count(preceding-sibling::*) + 1"/>
> >   </td>
> >   <td class="mText" style="font-size: 11px">
> >    <a href="#1">
> >     <xsl:value-of select='a'/>
> >    </a>
> >   </td>
> >  </tr>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > <xsl:template match='*|@*'>
> >  <xsl:copy>
> >   <xsl:apply-templates select='node()|@*'/>
> >  </xsl:copy>
> > </xsl:template>
> >
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> >
> > Did I make the changes you suggested correctly?
> > I noticed taking out the line
> >  <xsl:apply-templates select="*[local-name != 'faq']"/>
> > had no effect.
> Sorry, let me be clearer. local-name should be local-name()
> > >
Grrr!
No difference. This is how the relevant template looks now. So grateful 
for this hlp btw, I really am getting a feel for the power xsl give and 
want to use all this in my future projects!

<xsl:template match='faqlist'>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="*[local-name() != 'faq']"/>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="question"/>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="faq" mode="answer"/>
</xsl:template>

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