Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL distinct group by date From: "Mindy McCutchan" <karma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 12:04:43 -0500 |
Wendell, Thank you so much! This reference not only solved my problem but explained a lot of the other problems I've had with XSL. I really appreciate everyone's help. Thanks, Mindy > >-----Original Message----- > >Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 12:11:01 -0400 > >To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL distinct group by date > >Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050502120218.03405570@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Mindy, > > > >At 03:12 PM 5/1/2005, you wrote: > >>Now if I use the XSLT in the above link > >>(http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-list/2000-07/msg00458.html ), it does > >>return the distinct customer name values, but it also > >writes out the value > >>of the nodes outside the /projects level, yielding: > >Customer 1Customer 2 A > >>Paper Title > > > >This is undoubtedly happening because these nodes are being > >selected by > >default and matched by the built-in templates, so their > >contents are being > >copied to the result tree and written out. > > > >(The Jeni-code in the post cited did not include any of the > >templates that > >would handle other structures in a real case; if you leave > >those out, > >you'll get the default behavior, which is as you describe.) > > > >The solution is either to arrange not to select the nodes > >you don't want, > >or to assure that when they are selected and matched, > >nothing gets done > >with them. (The latter is commonly done by matching them > >with empty templates.) > > > >Terms to research: built-in templates; XSLT processing > >model; semantics of > >xsl:apply-templates and its select attribute. > > > >Short version: try using a template like this > > > ><xsl:template match="company"> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="projects"/> > ></xsl:template> > > > >to replace the built-in template, which would look like this: > > > ><xsl:template match="company"> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="child::node()"/> > ></xsl:template> > > > >Cheers, > >Wendell
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