RE: [xsl] Converting CSV to XML without hardcoding schema details in xsl

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vish,

I take it you're using XSLT 2.0 from the construct for-each 
select="tokenize(.,',')"?

If not, let's not get on the wrong track.

Even if so, look up the instruction <xsl:element/>, since it'll allow 
you to create elements named with values from your data -- better 
than trying to write tags. Thus their names don't have to be hard-coded.

As for how to break your values out, that depends on whether you're 
using XSLT 2.0, which has better facilities for this, or 1.0, which 
requires you to break up the strings recursively (or use extension functions).

Answer the 1.0/2.0 question and someone can help further. (I think I 
may be done for the day, sorry.)

Cheers,
Wendell

At 03:17 PM 6/21/2006, you wrote:
> Can anybody suggest how to convert CSV data in the format
>
> Field1,Field2
> Value11,Value12
>
> to xml like
>
> <Field1>Value11</Field1>
> <Field2>Value12</Field2>
>
> without hardcoding the fieldnames in the xsl?
>
> I was thinking of something like
>
> <xsl:for-each select="tokenize(., ',')">
> &lt;<xsl:value-of select="item-at($elementNames,index-of(?parent of current
> node?,.))"/>&gt;
> <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> &lt;/<xsl:value-of select="item-at($elementNames,index-of(?parent of current
> node?,.))"/>&gt;
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> where elementNames is a tokenized list of the fieldnames - but I am unable
> to get it to work.