RE: [xsl] XSL puzzle

Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL puzzle
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:06:57 -0000
> Pl. help me find why the xsl would not work for the given xml.
> Thanks.
>
> <xslt:template match="customer">
 <!-- lots of stuff -->
>    <!-- File Systems for the customer -->
>
>    <!-- More (nested) File systems -->
>    <xslt:apply-templates select="/customer/filesystem"/>
>
>    <!-- More (nested) Customers
>    <xslt:apply-templates select="/customer"/>
>    -->
>    <!-- More Customers -->
>    <xsl:apply-templates />
>
>    <xslt:text>&#xA; </xslt:text>
>
> </xslt:template>
>

Well that looks like an infinite recursion to me. While processing any
customer, you are asking it to process the top-level customer ("/customer").
The comment suggests that you really want "select='customer'"

Mike Kay
Software AG


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