Re: [xsl] Likely a very stupid question

[Joelle Tegwen <tegwe002@xxxxxxx>]

Thank you!
I will remember the namespace thing.
And I will choose a better subject line next time.

Thanks!
J

Abel Braaksma wrote:
> Joelle,
>
> There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers...
> (but a more to the point subject line is preferred however)
>
> What you are missing is the namespace. The XML you are referring to 
> contains a namespace, but that namespace is nowhere to be found in 
> your XSL file. Add it to the root xsl:stylesheet element with a 
> prefix, and add that prefix to the select statements you make. Or add 
> it without a prefix and leave your code as it is now (but that might 
> put the html in the wrong namespace... I wouldn't recommend that).
>
> For example:
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:youth="xmlns="http://www.youthhood.org"";
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
> [...]
> <xsl:value-of select="youth:sitemap/youth:section/youth:id" />
> [...]
>
> As a hint: in 90% of the situation where you suddenly miss "all" your 
> data in the output, it is a namespace mismatch or typo. Remember, the 
> namespace must EXACTLY match, the ns prefixes however, are free to 
> choose.
>
> Cheers,
> -- Abel Braaksma
>   http://www.nuntia.com
>
> Joelle Tegwen wrote:
> > I get no values in my table, just the headers. I've even tried 
> > copying and pasting their code and just entering the corresponding 
> > code for my own document and I still get nothing.