Re: [xsl] Need exactly 23 rows of output before next page

Subject: Re: [xsl] Need exactly 23 rows of output before next page
From: Clay Leeds <cleeds@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:34:04 -0700
On Aug 13, 2004, at 1:24 PM, J.Pietschmann wrote:
Clay Leeds wrote:
There's one error in there... I think '<' should be '&lt;':

No, only ">" needs to be escaped in attribute values.

True... except XMLSpy complains... :-)


I probably forgot the parenthesis, try
...select="(//node())[position() &lt; (24 - ($detail-count mod 23))]">
^ ^
Unfortunately, the FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/muench.html#d8867e264
circumvents this question by using a variable, and I'm way
too lazy to fire up my trusty XSLT dev environment now...

Works like a charm! THANKS!!!


BTW, one other problem I've got is how to maintain the alternating row background-color... I'm using the following to specify bgcolor:
...
It works if I have an even number of DETAILLINEs w data. Of course, in this case position() is being used... If I use $detail-count instead bgcolor for empty rows stays the same...

No surprise. Try "($detail-count + position()) mod 2" or a variation.

ibid!!! :-)


I looked in the XSLT FAQ, and couldn't come up with an intelligent enough wording for searching. Any ideas on a good query?

I think the FAQ is meant to be read from beginning to end, and being memorized... Promising terms are "iteration", "looping" and "recursion", leading for example to http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N4806.html#d5529e16 (beware of the ">" in the test)

J.Pietschmann

ibid!


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