RE: [xsl] Attempting *not* to copy certain nodes

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2004-01-14 21:31 -0500, 3rett 3onfield wrote:
> Thank you for the wonderful guidance. I haven't been this pleased with 
> anything programming-related in a very long time.
> ...
> ....and changed my XSLT to read...
>
> --
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>                 xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";
>                 exclude-result-prefixes="soap-env"
>                 version="1.0">
> <xsl:output method="text" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="soap-env:Envelope/soap-env:Body/node()"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="*"> <!--synthesize element with the input name-->
>   <xsl:element name="{name(.)}" namespace="{namespace-uri(.)}">
>     <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>     <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:element>
> </xsl:template>
>
>     <xsl:template match="/">
>         <xsl:for-each select="MapSecuritiesResult/Security">

Right away I see you have two template rules for "/" ... your processor is 
probably not reporting this and using the acceptable (though not always to 
me) behaviour of using the last in document order of your stylesheet.

As a result, your first template rule for "/" is *not* being fired.  Change 
the second to match the response element and see what happens.

> So far I've been working so far through online tutorials, but I think some 
> dead trees would do me good. Should I wait for new editions of the books 
> listed in the FAQ (haven't seen anything in the FAQ or the archives about 
> updates) or head over to the bookstore and buy what's on the shelves?

We have on our web site freely-downloadable previews of two XSL titles 
available as PDF files (perhaps an acceptable alternative to dead trees?):

  Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath
  (XSL Transformations and the XML Path Language)
  Tenth Edition - 2001-12-06 - ISBN 1-894049-08-X
  Copyright (c) 2001 Crane Softwrights Ltd.
  / 394 Pages / Subscription price includes free updates,   /
  /           / soft-copy of included examples, and an      /
  /           / accessible rendition and 10 PDF renditions. /
  /           / Free 140-page download preview excerpt.     /
  / Free prepaid copy for every U.S. Government employee.   /

  Practical Formatting Using XSL-FO
  (Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects)
  Fourth Edition - 2003-04-11 - ISBN 1-894049-11-X
  Copyright (c) 2003 Crane Softwrights Ltd.
  / 466 Pages / Subscription price includes free updates,   /
  /           / soft-copy of included examples, and an      /
  /           / accessible rendition and 10 PDF renditions. /
  /           / Free 242-page download preview excerpt.     /
  / Free prepaid copy for every U.S. Government employee.   /

I'm hoping to soon announce (after months of delays) the next edition of 
both books that will be free to all previous customers of the same title 
(we have a perpetual free update policy).  The XSLT revision will be the 
last XSLT 1.0 revision, future free revisions will be on XSLT 2.0 (another 
benefit of not using dead trees).

I hope this helps.

......................... Ken

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