RE: [xsl] Fixed value only once in table

[cknell@xxxxxxxxxx]

Unless you are sorting the output, the necessity of <xsl:for-each> is limited. It mainly shows that you haven't yet grasped the XSLT processing model. It isn't Java or C where you have to iterate over a set, it's more like SQL where you tell the database engine what you want and let the engine figure out how to get it.

That being said, here's how I would do this:

<xsl:template match="/">
 <table width="100%" border="0">
  <tbody>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="tc:MESSAGE/tc:CUSTOM-ATT/b:empty_cart/b:choice_of_extra" />
  </tbody>
 </table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="tc:MESSAGE/tc:CUSTOM-ATT/b:empty_cart/b:choice_of_extra">
 <tr>
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="position()=1">
       <td width="10%">Extra</td>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <td width="10%"></td>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
  <td width="10%"><xsl:value-of select="b:code"/></td>
  <td width="80%"><xsl:value-of select="b:specification"/></td>
 </tr>
</xsl:template>

-- 
Charles Knell
cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email



-----Original Message-----
From:     Mattias Pirmann <Mattias.Pirmann@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     17 May 2006 09:55:27 +0200
To:       "xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  [xsl] Fixed value only once in table

I want to produce a dynamic table which holds three columns. The first column holds a fixed value (Extra) and should only occur on the first row. The second and third column holds value from the xml-file and should be dynamic.

The xml file looks like

<choice_of_extra>
<code>711</code>
<specification>Cleaning</specification>
</choice_of_extra>
<choice_of_extra>
<code>511</code>
<specification>New towels</specification>
</choice_of_extra>

XSL

<table width="100%" border="0">
<tbody>
<xsl:for-each select="tc:MESSAGE/tc:CUSTOM-ATT/b:empty_cart/b:choice_of_extra">
<tr>
<td width="10%">Extra</td>
<td width="10%"><xsl:value-of select="b:code"/></td>
<td width="80%"><xsl:value-of select="b:specification"/></td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</tbody>
</table>

Result

Extra  711  Cleaning
Extra  511  New towels

Wanted display

Extra  711  Cleaning
       511  New towels

Any ideas?

Regards

Mattias Pirmann