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Re: suprised by <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] suprised by <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
- From: Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 15:50:29 -0400
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Hi Gerry,
At 03:08 PM 8/6/01, you wrote:
>Why did I get
><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000">
>instead of
><td>colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000"
>?????
because when you said <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> the processor recognizes
you are copying attribute nodes, and attribute nodes can only exist on
element nodes, so that's where it puts them. When serialized, the element
node with its associated attribute nodes gets written <td colspan="2"
bgcolor="#CC0000">.
Remember, it's nodes we're processing not strings!
The <xsl:attribute> instruction works the same way. Notice that it's an
error in your stylesheet to say <xsl:attribute> or <xsl:copy-of
select="@*"> (both of which create attribute nodes) *after* instructions to
put child nodes of the element into the tree.
Cheers,
Wendell
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