Re: [xsl] Need help combing two elements

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fatbob:

Input:

<data>
  <one a="1"/>
  <two b="2"/>
</data>

XSLT:

<xsl:template match="data">
  <both a="{one/@a}" b="{two/@b}"/>
</xsl:template>

Output:
<both a="1" b="2"/>

Or more generally: decide on a context from which all the necessary 
data components for your new element are visible (any context will do 
but some are easier than others), and make the new element, pulling 
in whatever data you want from wherever you find it.

In fact, it's pretty hard to write XSLT that doesn't do this, in a 
very general way. If you think in terms of elements and attributes 
being nodes on a tree, rather than stuff written with tags (as you 
really must to get anywhere with XSLT), it starts seeming very normal.

Cheers,
Wendell

At 02:11 PM 3/27/2009, you wrote:
> Thanks for taking the time to write that email. Greatly appreciate it.
>
> To answer your question about moving to XSLT 2.0, unfortunately that is not
> an option. So I'll have to find a solution to merging the two cells and
> formatting the date using whatever functionality is available in 1.0.
>
> So far I'm still in the dark as to how I can merge the cells.





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