Re: [xsl] How do I display data one item at a time?

[Max Bronsema <max.bronsema@xxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize for my tardiness to the list. I was moved to another
project for a while. It happens often here.

I believe I will be getting the baptism by fire here. I am using XSLT
1.0 with the msxml processor. Not my choice but that is what I have.
The elements link together by using ,in my opinion, an idiotic
attribute system. This just makes it all the harder I suspect. Would
my best route be to try and convince them to let me make a new XML
file that would allow me to do an apply-templates match scheme?

Thanks list,

Max

On 5/5/05, JBryant@xxxxxxxxx <JBryant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Max,
>
> A meeting got pushed back a bit, so...
>
> What you have there is a genuine, bona fide grouping problem.
>
> More so than most problems, grouping solutions really depend on the
> version of XSLT and the XSLT processor you can use. If you can use XSLT
> 2.0 (with a processor like Saxon 8), your problem is not too bad. If you
> have to use XSLT 1.0, you're going to get a baptism by fire for your first
> XSLT project.
>
> So, what XSLT processor are you using? (Forgive me if you told us in an
> earlier message.)
>
> Unless you have left some elements out for brevity's sake, I think you'll
> also have trouble associating the department info (staffOffice) with the
> personal info. They don't seem to share any identifying information. How
> do you know what departments Sam and Joe are in?
>
> Jay Bryant
> Bryant Communication Services
> (presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)
>
> Max Bronsema <max.bronsema@xxxxxxxxx>
> 05/05/2005 12:19 PM
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> So, please show us a more complete view
> of your data (as small as possible but enough to illustrate the current
> problem).
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>
> No problem with slow replies, it gives me more time to try my own
> ideas, maybe I'll get lucky :)
>
> Here is a snapshot of what the structure looks like. I apologize for
> not seeing it earlier that what you had posted was different from my
> data. <directory> envelopes everything. Then all <staffPersonal> is
> grouped together, same with <staffOffice> and <staffTitle>.
>
> <directory>
>
>   <staffPersonal>
>     <Person>
>       <fName>Sam</fName>
>       <lName>Spade</lName>
>     </Person>
>     <Person>
>       <fName>Joe</fName>
>       <lName>Bazooka</lName>
>     </Person>
>   </staffPersonal>
>
>   <staffOffice>
>     <Office>
>       <dptFull>Biology</dptFull>
>       <Location>Boone</Location>
>     </Office>
>     <Office>
>       <dptFull>Business</dptFull>
>       <Location>KAIC</Location>
>     </Office>
>   </staffOffice>
>
>   <staffTitle>
>     <Position>
>       <phone>123-4567</phone>
>       <pEmail>sam@xxxxxxxxx</pEmail>
>     </Position>
>     <Position>
>       <phone>354-5589</phone>
>       <pEmail>joe@xxxxxxxxxxx</pEmail>
>     </Position>
>   </staffTitle>
>
> </directory>
>
> From your above description it does appear that I have a grouping
> problem. I will study that along with the For-Each examples you sent
> earlier and the ones in my books. I'll see what I can come up with
> here. Thanks again.
>
> Max Bronsema