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RE: <xsl:element> Problem
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] <xsl:element> Problem
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 14:06:51 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
You have chosen output method="text", although you say you want the output
to be XML. Switch to method="xml" and all should be well.
Mike Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Dev
> Chandramani
> Sent: 07 September 2001 12:55
> To: XSL List
> Subject: [xsl] <xsl:element> Problem
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am fairly new to XSL so my apologies if I am missing
> something obvious.
> I am trying to use XSL to output XML - sounds simple enough.
>
> My example XML input document is :
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>
> <test>
> <num>11</num>
> <num>22</num>
> <num>33</num>
> </test>
>
> And my XSL stylesheet is :
>
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> version="1.0">
>
> <xsl:strip-space elements = "*" />
> <xsl:output method="text" indent="no" encoding="utf-8"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>
> <xsl:for-each select="//num">
>
> <xsl:element name="new-num"><xsl:value-of
> select="."/></xsl:element>
> <xsl:text>
</xsl:text> <!-- output new line -->
>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
> So what I expect the output to be like would be :
>
> <new-num>11</new-num>
> <new-num>22</new-num>
> <new-num>33</new-num>
>
> But instead I'm getting :
>
> 11
> 22
> 33
>
> So it seems the <new-num> tags aren't being correctly outputted.
> Even if I change the line that outputs the tags to be the following :
>
> <new-num><xsl:value-of select="."/></new-num>
>
> I stil get the incorrect output.
>
> I am using the xalan and xerces jar files from xalan version
> 2.2.D9 and jdk
> 1.3.1
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dev.
>
>
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