RE: [xsl] XSL-T should naturally loop? not grabbing all the children node-sets..

Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL-T should naturally loop? not grabbing all the children node-sets..
From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:43:46 +0100
You need an <xsl:otherwise> after the <xsl:when>.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Acuff [mailto:dacuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 22 April 2008 16:35
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL-T should naturally loop? not grabbing 
> all the children node-sets..
> 
> I think I am still strugling, I tried to take suggestions 
> from both replies but I am still only getting 1 returned 
> sub-category, when there should be 2 or 3 depending on the 
> parent category.
> 
> Here is my XSL-T
> 
> What do I need to do differently that I am not understanding?
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> version="1.0">
>  <xsl:output encoding="UTF-8" method="html" version="4.01"
> omit-xml-declaration="yes"
>   media-type="text/html"/>
>  <!-- value passed dynamically via asp -->  <xsl:param 
> name="paraCatagory"/>
> 
>  <xsl:template match="menu">
>   <xsl:apply-templates/>
>  </xsl:template>
> 
> 
>  <xsl:template match="category">
>   <xsl:choose>
>    <xsl:when test="(@name=$paraCatagory)">
> 
>     <div class="cat_block">
>      <div class="cat_module">
>       <xsl:value-of select="category/@display_name"/>
>       <br/>
>       <a href="{category/info/link}">
>        <img src="{category/info/images/image}"/>
>       </a>
>      </div>
>     </div>
>  
>    </xsl:when>
>   </xsl:choose>
>  </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:31 AM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL-T should naturally loop? not grabbing 
> all the children node-sets..
> 
> 
> <xsl:template match="category">
>   <xsl:if test="(@name=$paraCatagory)">
> 
> This means that if you find a category whose @name is not equal to
> $paraCatagory, the stylesheet does nothing with that element - in
> particular it does not process the children of that category.
> 
> What's more,
> 
> <xsl:for-each select=".">
> 
> is a no-op.
> 
> I've no idea what you really want to do, but I suspect that if you
> encounter a category with the wrong name, you want to recursively
> process it's children. Say
> 
> <xsl:template match="category">
>   <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test="(@name=$paraCatagory)">
>     ...
>   </xsl:when>
>   <xsl:otherwise>
>     <xsl:apply-templates/>
>   </xsl:otherwise>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Acuff [mailto:dacuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 22 April 2008 15:20
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] XSL-T should naturally loop? not grabbing all the 
> > children node-sets..
> > 
> > 
> > I do not know what to do next and I need help.
> > 
> > I have developed and Idea that I could loop through all the 
> category 
> > pages make div boxes of the different categories and show and image 
> > and link.
> > 
> > No matter what I try it stops at the first child node-set 
> and does not
> 
> > do all 2 or 3 or even the sub-sub-categories. Before I kill 2 more 
> > days on this can I get some help.
> > 
> > Here is what I have so far for the XSL followed by the XML. 
> > Help appreciated.
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <xsl:stylesheet 
> > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
> > version="1.0">
> >  <xsl:output encoding="iso-8859-1" method="html"/> <xsl:param 
> > name="paraCatagory"/>
> > 
> >  <xsl:template match="menu">
> >   <xsl:apply-templates/>
> >  </xsl:template>
> > 
> >  <xsl:template match="category">
> >   <xsl:if test="(@name=$paraCatagory)">
> >    <xsl:for-each select=".">
> >    <xsl:element name="div">
> >     <xsl:attribute name="class">cat_block</xsl:attribute>
> >     <xsl:element name="div">
> >      <xsl:attribute name="class">cat_module</xsl:attribute>
> > 
> >      <xsl:value-of select="category/@display_name"/>
> >      <br/>
> >      <xsl:element name="a">
> >       <xsl:attribute name="href">
> >        <xsl:value-of select="category/info/link"/>
> >       </xsl:attribute>
> >       <xsl:element name="img">
> >        <xsl:attribute name="src">
> >         <xsl:value-of select="category/info/images/image"/>
> >        </xsl:attribute>
> >       </xsl:element>
> >      </xsl:element>
> >     </xsl:element>
> >    </xsl:element>
> >    </xsl:for-each>
> >   </xsl:if>
> >  </xsl:template>
> > </xsl:stylesheet>
> > 
> > 
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <menu id="menuData">  
> > <!--&#8482; trademark-->  <!--&#174;  registered-->
> > 	<category name="c1_products" display_name="Category One">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C1</keyword>
> > 			<link>/category/c1_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C1 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 		<category name="c1_sub1_products"
> > display_name="sub-Category c1_sub1">
> > 			<info>
> > 				<keyword>C1SUB1</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/products/c1_products/c1_sub1_products</link>
> > 				<titletag>C1SUB1 Products from our store
> > - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 				<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 				</images>
> > 			</info>
> > 		</category>
> > 	</category>
> > 	<category name="c2_products" display_name="Category Two">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C2</keyword>
> > 			<link>/category/c2_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C2 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 		<category name="c2_sub1_products"
> > display_name="sub-Category c2_sub1">
> > 			<info>
> > 				<keyword>C2SUB1</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/products/c2_products/c2_sub1_products</link>
> > 				<titletag>C2SUB1 Products from our store
> > - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 				<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 				</images>
> > 			</info>
> > 		</category>
> > 		<category name="c2_sub2_products"
> > display_name="sub-Category c2_sub2">
> > 			<info>
> > 				<keyword>C2SUB2</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/products/c2_products/c2_sub2_products</link>
> > 				<titletag>C2SUB2 Products from our store
> > - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 				<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 				</images>
> > 			</info>
> > 		</category>
> > 		<category name="c2_sub3_products"
> > display_name="sub-Category c2_sub3">
> > 			<info>
> > 				<keyword>C2SUB3</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/category/c2_products/c2_sub3_products</link>
> > 				<titletag>C2SUB3 Products from our store
> > - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 				<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 				</images>
> > 			</info>
> > 			<category name="c2_sub_sub1_products"
> > display_name="sub-sub-Category c2_sub_sub1">
> > 				<info>
> > 					<keyword>C2SUBSUB1</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/products/c2_products/c2_sub3_products/c2_sub_sub1_produ
> > cts</link>
> > 					<titletag>C2SUBSUB1 Products
> > from our store - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 					<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 					</images>
> > 				</info>
> > 			</category>
> > 			<category name="c2_sub_sub2_products"
> > display_name="sub-sub-Category c2_sub_sub2">
> > 				<info>
> > 					<keyword>C2SUBSUB2</keyword>
> > 	
> > <link>/products/c2_products/c2_sub3_products/c2_sub_sub2_produ
> > cts</link>
> > 					<titletag>C2SUBSUB2 Products
> > from our store - 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 					<images>
> > 	
> > <image>/imagesEdp/default_sm.jpg</image>
> > 					</images>
> > 				</info>
> > 			</category>
> > 		</category>
> > 	</category>
> > 	<category name="c3_products" display_name="Category Three">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C3</keyword>
> > 			<link>/products/c3_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C3 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 	</category>
> > 	<category name="c4_products" display_name="Category Four">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C4</keyword>
> > 			<link>/products/c4_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C4 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 	</category>
> > 	<category name="c5_products" display_name="Category Five">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C5</keyword>
> > 			<link>/products/c5_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C5 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 	</category>
> > 	<category name="c6_products" display_name="Category Six"
> > display="no">
> > 		<info>
> > 			<keyword>C6</keyword>
> > 			<link>/products/c6_products</link>
> > 			<titletag>C6 Products from our store -
> > 9 Words for best SEO</titletag>
> > 			<images>
> > 				<image/>
> > 			</images>
> > 		</info>
> > 	</category>
> > </menu>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Dan Acuff
> > Developer
> > SureSource, Inc.
> > 203.922.7546
> > dacuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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