RE: [xsl] Unwanted New Line on Output

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would be better to wrap the department number in its own element:

<DEPT>
    <DEPT_NR>1</DEPT_NR>
    <EMPS>
       <EMP_NAME> Fred Bloggs</EMP_NAME>
       <EMP_AGE> 25 </EMP_AGE>
   </EMPS>

or if you prefer, in an attribute:

<DEPT NR="1">
    <EMPS>
       <EMP_NAME> Fred Bloggs</EMP_NAME>
       <EMP_AGE> 25 </EMP_AGE>
   </EMPS>

I can't actually explain the output you're getting, because if the template
is invoked with DEPT as the context node, then <xsl:value-of select="DEPT"/>
will select nothing (DEPT does not have a child called DEPT), while if it is
called with DEPT_DETAILS as the context node, it will select a string such
as

\n  1  \n  \n  \Fred Bloggs \n  25  \n \n \n Joe Smith  \n  35 ....

where \n is a newline.

If you can't redesign the XML, then you can pick up the department number
(with DEPT as the context node) using normalize-space(text()[1])

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt [mailto:puskas.duck@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 18 June 2007 10:49
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Unwanted New Line on Output
> 
> Morning list!
> 
> I have the following XML structure:
> 
> <DEPT_DETAILS>
> <DEPT>
>   1
>   <EMPS>
>      <EMP_NAME> Fred Bloggs</EMP_NAME>
>      <EMP_AGE> 25 </EMP_AGE>
>  </EMPS>
>  <EMPS>
>      <EMP_NAME> Joe Smith</EMP_NAME>
>      <EMP_AGE> 35 </EMP_AGE>
>  </EMPS>
> </DEPT>
> <DEPT>
>   2
>   <EMPS>
>      <EMP_NAME> Jill Bloggs</EMP_NAME>
>      <EMP_AGE> 19 </EMP_AGE>
>  </EMPS>
>  <EMPS>
>      <EMP_NAME> Gerry Halliwell</EMP_NAME>
>      <EMP_AGE> 45 </EMP_AGE>
>  </EMPS>
> </DEPT>
> </DEPT_DETAILS>
> 
> I want the following output (as text):
> 
> 1 Fred Bloggs
> 1 Joe Smith
> 2 Jill Bloggs
> 2 Gerry Halliwell
> 
> So my template looks something like:
> 
> <xsl:apply-template mode="depts" select="DEPT_DETAILS/DEPT"/>
> 
> <xsl:template mode="depts" match="*">
>   <xsl:param name="deptID" select="DEPT"/>
>   <xsl:for-each select="EMPS">
>      <xsl:value-of select="$deptID"/>
>      <xsl:value-of select="EMP_NAME"/>
>      <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text> <!-- Add CR -->
>   </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> But the output I am getting is along the lines of:
> 
> 1
>     Fred Bloggs
> 1
>     Joe Smith
> 2
>     Jill Bloggs
> 2
>    Gerry Halliwell
> 
> With the emp name being on a second line. Is this caused 
> because the dept_id is at a higher level in the XML 
> structure? Is this a problem with my select="DEPT" actually 
> selecting something more than just the ID for the department.
> 
> Any answers/suggestions appreciated....
> 
> Matt