RE: [xsl] Template Matching

["Jeffrey Langdon" <jl_xsl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Kay wrote:

> But then I saw:
> 	<select name="start">
> 		<option>
> 			<xsl:value-of select="z:row/@StartTime"/>
> 		</option>
>
> and that has me worried, because it selects the @StartTime attributes >of 
> all
> the rows, and then displays the one that comes first, and ignores the 
> >rest.
> In your example they're all the same, so it doesn't matter. But is this
> actually the logic thaht's intended?

Actually, No (I am not surprised *you* picked up on that).  Eventually the 
DB is going give me different data that I will have to loop through and show 
all the options in the select box.

If you have any suggestions on the best way to do that, i.e., for-each or 
otherwise I would appreciate it.

Thank you,

Jeff Langdon

> From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: <jlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Template Matching
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:34:43 +0100
>
> >
> > I have XML coming from a SQL database.  The XSLT checks to see if the
> > "IsActive" attribute in the z:row node is true.  If it is,
> > then a checkbox
> > is ticked.  I am having a little trouble understanding
> > matching.  What is
> > the most efficent template match for the processor? I can't find a
> > definitive answer on what the first template match should be
> > compared to the
> > second template.  I am using template match="/" for the first
> > and template
> > match="rs:data" for the second.  Is there a better way?
> >
> At first glance I thought the structure of this stylesheet looked perfectly
> OK.
>
> The tests like
> > 		<xsl:if test="z:row[@DayOfTheWeek='Sunday' and
> > @IsActive='True']">
>
> are saying "if there is a row with these attributes", which is fine.
>
> But then I saw:
> > 	<select name="start">
> > 		<option>
> > 			<xsl:value-of select="z:row/@StartTime"/>
> > 		</option>
> >
> and that has me worried, because it selects the @StartTime attributes of 
> all
> the rows, and then displays the one that comes first, and ignores the rest.
> In your example they're all the same, so it doesn't matter. But is this
> actually the logic thaht's intended?
>
> Mike Kay
>
>
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