Re: [xsl] Match first non-empty from different fragments

[Karl Stubsjoen <kstubs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well,
There are man z:row elements node with attribute value pairs.  So like this:

<z:row name_of_meet="Funtastic" date_of_meet="10/10/2005"/>

Currently, I would ask the question (assuming above is current node).
(in plain english)
If name_of_meet is empty, then find the parent record name_of_event.

The parent record is contained within the XML source but spawns off
another fragment.  Here, let me do up an example:

 <results>
   <result name="event"><!-- this is the parent -->
     <xml>
        <rs:data>
             <z:row name_of_event="The Great Funtastic"
date_of_meet="10/10/2005"/>
        <rs:data>
     </xml>
   </result>
   <result name="meet"><!-- this is the child -->
        <rs:data><z:row name_of_event="" date_of_meet="10/10/2005"/>
</rs:data>
   </result>
 </results>

There is another <result / > set of data, it is called "scores".
This data is the meat of the page.  There are many scores, with a
single header of data from either the "meet" result set or the "event"
result set where no data is provided in the child "meet" result set.

In my template I pretty much have 2 main apply-template rules.
apply-templates:  for meet header information
apply-templates:  for all of the scores.

It is the first of these 2 that I need to come up with a way at
getting at the details using an apply-templates over xsl:choose type
syntax.

I'll leave it at that for now!
Let me know if I need to provide more information.

Karl

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:36:10 +0200, Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx
<Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Do you call it a fragment?  Not sure - this type of verbiage always
> > confuses me.  Anyhow...
> >
> > I have a parent and child arrangment of data, they are events.  An
> > event may have many meets so the event acts as the parent and the meet
> > the child.  The child event inherits information from the parent event
> > when no information for the child meet is provided; example:  if meet
> > name is blank, use event name.
> >
> > Currently, I am doing a pretty yucky XSL:CHOOSE to accomplish the
> > above, but I'd much rather accomplish with an APPLY-TEMPLATES...  The
> > source of the data is something like this:
> >
> > <results>
> >   <result name="event">
> >     <xml>
> >        <rs:data><z:row /></rs:data>
> >     </xml>
> >   </result>
> >   <result name="meet">
> >        <rs:data><z:row /></rs:data>
> >   </result>
> > </results>
> >
> > Typically I would apply-templates on the result who's name is "meet",
> > then match on the rs:data and explicitly write out the z:rows to my
> > HTML.  That make sense?
> > The explicit z:row value of's is what throws me off and forces me to
> > do the XSL:CHOOSE.
> >
> > Any ideas on a better approach?  Hope I'm not too vague, if so I can
> > provide more details!
> 
> Please do, I don't really understand what you're doing with the xsl:choose processing and when you mention the value of z:row, it's sort of hard to see what you mean given the fact that z:row elements have no content or attributes.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jarno