[xsl] Re: Displaying Descriptions Based on Codes

Subject: [xsl] Re: Displaying Descriptions Based on Codes
From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:59:47 -0800 (PST)
"Katie McNally" <kmcnally9 at hotmail dot com> wrote:

> The XML that I get back after posting to a vendor contains data for a
> set of transactions.  I am displaying each transaction as a row in a 
> table.  One of the columns needs to show the Transaction 
> Description.  This value is not part of the XML data returned.  
> Instead, for each transaction, a code (Nm=CODE") is returned.  The 
> numeric value for the tag is the code, and is associated to a 
> description.  Right now we have a spreadsheet of what all the codes 
> and there corresponding descriptions are.
>
> How do I display the description for each transaction using XSL when 
> the xml contains only the code?

Put the descriptions in a lookup table (xml file) and use keys for
efficiency. Have a llok for example at:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-list/2001-06/msg01004.html

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.

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