RE: [xsl] Data from DB in xsl

Subject: RE: [xsl] Data from DB in xsl
From: Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:26:22 +0300
Hi,

> i have tried:
> 
> <td valign="top" class="paragraph"> <xsl:value-of
> select="description"/></td>
> 
> where "paragraph" is a css property containing:
> 
> .paragraph {
> 	white-space: pre;
> 
> }
> 
> and "description" is the xml value that contains text from 
> the DB but still
> doesn't work.

And it doesn't preserve the text formatting? Which browser are you using to view the page? Anyhow, it sound like you just want

  sed -e 's/\n\n/<br\/><br\/>/'

done the XSLT way. Write a recursive template, there are quite a few examples in the FAQ and tutorials.

Jarno

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