RE: [xsl] Problems transforming a <A HREF> link using XSL

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try <xsl:copy-of select="child::node()"/>

to copy the children of the context node without copying the context node
itself - i.e. to copy the contents without the surrounding tags.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allison Bloodworth [mailto:abloodworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 18 November 2005 17:17
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Problems transforming a <A HREF> link using XSL
> 
> Thanks very much for responding, Michael. However, 
> xsl:copy-of gives me
> this:
> 
> 	Gametracker: <gametracker>
>          <a
> href="JavaScript:window.open('http://livestats.calbears.colleg
> esports.com/li
> vestats/data/m-baskbl/353109/','mbaskblGameTracker','toolbar=n
> o,resizable=no
> ,scrollbars=no,width=780,height=540'); void('');">Gametracker</a>
>       </gametracker>
> 
> And I want this:
> 
> 	Gametracker: 
>          <a
> href="JavaScript:window.open('http://livestats.calbears.colleg
> esports.com/li
> vestats/data/m-baskbl/353109/','mbaskblGameTracker','toolbar=n
> o,resizable=no
> ,scrollbars=no,width=780,height=540'); void('');">Gametracker</a>
>       
> (e.g. I don't want the <gametracker> tags around my link)
> 
> I was able to do what you suggested with copy of if I target 
> the <a> tag.
> However, I can't assume that the Gametracker tag will always 
> include just
> the <a> tag. 
> 
> 	<xsl:template match="gametracker">
> 		<xsl:if test="normalize-space(.)">
> 	Gametracker: <xsl:copy-of select="a"/>
> 		</xsl:if>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 
> If you want to copy HTML content inside an XML tag and don't 
> know exactly
> what it is, is this not possible?
> 
> Also, if there is a better way to use an XSL to do datatype 
> testing on the
> contents of a node (hopefully using XPath 1.0, since I can't 
> use XML Spy on
> a stylesheet with "castable"...thank goodness for Saxonica!), 
> I'd love to
> hear of it. Right now this is what I'm doing:
> 
> 		<xsl:if test="string(.) castable as xs:time">
> 			<StartTime>
> 				<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> 
> 			</StartTime>			
> 		</xsl:if>
> 
> Thanks again!
> Allison
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:09 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Problems transforming a <A HREF> link using XSL
> 
> You want <xsl:copy-of> rather than <xsl:value-of>.
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allison Bloodworth [mailto:abloodworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 18 November 2005 02:04
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] Problems transforming a <A HREF> link using XSL
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I am trying to transform an XML document, which includes 
> some HTML <a
> > href=.> links, into another XML document. However, when I do the
> > transformation, the <a href=..>Name of link</a> info is lost 
> > and all I see
> > is the name of the link. I've tried using output methods of 
> > "xml" "html" and
> > "text" to no avail. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
> > 
> > <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="Sports.xsl"?>
> > <feed>
> > <update_stamp>11/10/2005 08:14:47</update_stamp>
> >    <event>
> >       <id>472691</id>
> >       <date>12/03/2005</date>
> >       <time>1:00 PM</time>
> >       <sport>w-baskbl</sport>
> >       <sport_name>W Basketball</sport_name>
> >       <opponent><![CDATA[UNLV vs. Albany (CC Times 
> > Classic)]]></opponent>
> >       <location><![CDATA[Berkeley]]></location>
> >       <tv></tv>
> >       <home_visitor>H</home_visitor>
> >       <outcome><![CDATA[]]></outcome>
> >       <recap></recap>
> >       <stats></stats>
> >       <notes></notes>
> >       <quotes></quotes>
> >       <gallery></gallery>
> >       <gametracker><a
> > href="JavaScript:window.open('http://livestats.calbears.colleg
> > esports.com/li
> > vestats/data/w-baskbl/354046/','wbaskblGameTracker','toolbar=n
> o,resizable=no
> > ,scrollbars=no,width=780,height=540');
> > void('');">Gametracker</a></gametracker>
> >    </event>
> > </feed>
> > 
> > Top of XSL stylesheet:
> > <?xml version="1.0"?>
> > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> > xmlns:dt="http://xsltsl.org/date-time";>
> > <xsl:import 
> href="http://xsltsl.sourceforge.net/modules/stdlib.xsl"/>
> > <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
> > 
> > Pertinent portion of stylesheet (I test to see if the element 
> > exists before
> > I print it): 
> > 
> >             <xsl:template match="gametracker">
> >                         <xsl:if test="normalize-space(.)">
> >             Gametracker: <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >                         </xsl:if>
> >             </xsl:template>
> > 
> > I want this in the resultant XML file:
> > <Description>
> >             Gametracker: <a
> > href="JavaScript:window.open('http://livestats.calbears.colleg
> > esports.com/li
> > vestats/data/w-baskbl/354046/','wbaskblGameTracker','toolbar=n
> o,resizable=no
> > ,scrollbars=no,width=780,height=540'); void('');">Gametracker</a>
> > </Description>
> > 
> > But I get this:
> > 
> > <Description>
> >             Gametracker: Gametracker
> > </Description>
> > 
> > Thanks very much for any help you can give me!
> > 
> > Allison Bloodworth
> > Principal Administrative Analyst
> > e-Berkeley Program Office
> > University of California, Berkeley
> > (415) 377-8243
> > abloodworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx