Re: [xsl] looping the attributes

[Trevor Nash <tcn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Ohana wrote:

>Hello,
>I'm trying to display the whole xml data in a table in a generic way.
>I don't know the name of the fields, all I know is the name of the node.
>
>Here is an example
><root>
>  <line c1="1" c2="2" />
>  <line x1="A" x2="B" />
></root>
>
>I'm looking to produce the following output
><tr>
>  <td> 1 </td>
>  <td> 2 </td>
></tr>
><tr>
>  <td> A </td>
>  <td> B </td>
></tr>
>
>
>here is my xsl code below, does anyone knows what am I missing ?
>...
><xsl:for-each select="line">
>  <tr>
>    <xsl:for-each select="@*">
>      <td> <xsl:value-of select="@name()"/> </td>
This is asking for the name of an attribute of the current node, which
is itself an attribute : it will return nothing.

If you want the value of the attribute (e.g. '1') then say
  <td> <xsl:value-of select="."/> </td>
( . (dot) means the current node)

If you want the name of the attribute (e.g. 'c1') then say
  <td> <xsl:value-of select="name()"./> </td>
(the name of the current node)

Regards,
Trevor Nash
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