RE: [xsl] Dropdown

[Juan Carlos Gonzalez <jcgonz@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is how the XML file looks:

<root>
 <csd CatId="1">
   <sd DetailId="112" Name="Warranty" Val="1 Year"
Type="CheckBox" /> 
  <sd DetailId="113" Name="Warranty" Val="2 Years"
Type="CheckBox" /> 
  <sd DetailId="110" Name="Type" Val="Leather"
Type="Radio" /> 
  <sd DetailId="111" Name="Type" Val="Plastic"
Type="Radio" /> 
  </csd>
 <csd CatId="38">
  <sd DetailId="108" Name="Size" Val="AA" Type="Radio"
/> 
  <sd DetailId="109" Name="Size" Val="AAA"
Type="Radio" /> 
  </csd>
 <csd CatId="369">
  <sd DetailId="119" Name="Color" Val="Black"
Type="DropDown" /> 
  <sd DetailId="120" Name="Color" Val="Blue"
Type="DropDown" /> 
  <sd DetailId="121" Name="Color" Val="Red"
Type="DropDown" /> 
 </csd>
</root>

Is there a way to change the select tag from <select>
to &lt;select&gt; so the parser won't give me an
error?

Thanks.


--- "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Juan Carlos Gonzalez]
> > 
> > This is my template. I'm trying to generate input
> tags
> > based on the type read from the xml file.
> > 
> 
> Just guessing at the xml file you want to transform,
> I do not think that
> your stylesheet would quite do what you want even if
> you could have
> gotten away with the ill-formed construction.  Of
> course, I do not know
> whether all the options would be listed in order
> with no other  inputs
> mixed in.
> 
> I take it that you will have a list of elements
> whose Type attribute is
> "dropdown", whose name is to be the name of the
> select element, and
> whose Val atribute is to become the value of an
> option.  There should be
> just one select element for such a group of options,
> and you want to
> output it when you encounter the first element with
> a new name.  Right?
> 
> It would be better if you could change your xml
> format to have all the
> options contained in a container element.  Then
> things would be easier.
> Then, for each container you would create a select
> element.  Can you do
> change the format?
> 
> Otherwise, you could proceed like this (a brute
> force approach that
> makes minimal changes to what you already had) -
> depending, of course,
> on what is really in the xml file:
> 
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="csd">
> >   <xsl:for-each select="sd[count(. |
> key('specs_key', @Name)[1])=1]">
> >   <xsl:if test="@Type = 'DropDown'"> 
> >     <select name="Name">
> >      <option value="-">--Select Name--</option>
>              <xsl:for-each select="key('specs_key',
> @Name)[@Type =
> 'DropDown']">
>  	    <option value='{@Val}'><xsl:value-of
> select="@Val"/></option>
> 	</xsl:for-each>
>       </select>
> >   </xsl:if> 
> 
> >   <xsl:for-each select="key('specs_key',
> @Name)[not(@Type
> ='DropDown')]">
> >     <xsl:choose>
> > 	<xsl:when test="@Type = 'DropDown'"> 
> > 	</xsl:when>
> > 	<xsl:when test="@Type = 'CheckBox'"> 
> > 	   <xsl:element name="input">
> > 	<xsl:attribute
> name="type">checkbox</xsl:attribute>
> > 	<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of 
> > select="@DetailId"/></xsl:attribute>
> > 	</xsl:element>
> > 	</xsl:when>
> > 	<xsl:when test="@Type = 'Radio'"> 
> > 	<xsl:element name="input">
> > 	<xsl:attribute name="type">radio</xsl:attribute>
> > 	<xsl:attribute name="id"><xsl:value-of 
> > select="@DetailId"/></xsl:attribute>
> > 	<xsl:value-of select="@Val"/> 
> > 	</xsl:element>
> > 	</xsl:when>
> > 	<xsl:when test="@Type = 'Free Form Text'"> 
> > 	<xsl:value-of select="@Val"/>
> > 	</xsl:when>
> >       </xsl:choose>
> >    </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- "Passin, Tom" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > [ Juan Carlos Gonzalez]
> > > > 
> > > > I'm trying to create a drop down list box
> > > dynamically,
> > > > but I'm getting an error message cause the
> > > "select"
> > > > tag is not being closed within the "if" tag. I
> > > have
> > > > tried replacing the < and > sign with the &lt;
> and
> > > > &gt; but it's still not working. Any ideas?
> > > > 
> > > > <xsl:if test="some condition">
> > > >   <select name="cat">
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > > 
> > > > ...the folowing template will create the
> options
> > > tag
> > > > amoung other things ...
> > > > 
> > > > <xsl:apply-templates select="cat"/>
> > > > 
> > > > <xsl:if test="some condition">
> > > >   </select>
> > > > </xsl:if>
> > > 
> > > You must complete and close the select element
> > > within the xsl:if
> > > element. Remember that the stylesheet has to be
> > > well-formed xml.   If
> > > you think that you need to do something else,
> you
> > > have not understood
> > > your problem thoroughly enough yet.  If you
> explain
> > > what you really wish
> > > to accomplish, we will be able to help you with
> it.
> > > 
> > > For example, if you want to create a select
> element,
> > > then you surely
> > > will want to create options inside it.  If you
> want
> > > to create the select
> > > list only if there are any cat elements, and
> have
> > > one option per cat,
> > > then you could write (assuming that the "cat"
> > > element contains the name
> > > of the cat as character data)
> > > 
> > > <xsl:if test='cat'> <!-- executed if there are
> any
> > > "cat" child elements
> > > -->
> > > 	<select name='cat'>
> > > 		<xsl:for-each select='cat'>
> > > 			<option value='{.}'><xsl:value-of
> > > select='.'/></option>
> > > 		</xsl:for-each>
> > > 	</select>
> > > </xsl:if>
> > > 
> > > If you specify an xsl:output method of 'html',
> the
> > > output will be in
> > > ordinary html (rather than in xml), and the
> options
> > > will come out
> > > looking like normal html options:
> > > 
> > > <option value='Mary'>Mary
> > > 
> > > You could also use apply-templates instead of
> the
> > > for-each, which might
> > > be better if you have more complex processing to
> do
> > > in constructing the
> > > options.  In this case, you would build the
> options
> > > in the template for
> > > "cat" rather than as shown here.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Tom P
> > > 
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> > > 
> > 
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