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

[Clay Leeds <cleeds@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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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