Re: [xsl] Getting a list of node Text()

[Nicholas Orr <nick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Abel,

thanks for these,  I'll investigate and see how I go.

In this case the data is coming out of a FileMaker database, so I've  
just got to hope that they improve the situation in the future.   
They're using the Xalan C++ implementation so anything like EXSLT or  
XSLT2 seems to be a way off unfortunately.  Because I'm using the  
built in XSLT processor, I'm stuck with their choice until I program  
my own processing functions, and that's not likely to happen in the  
near future.

Thanks to all who helped out.

Cheers,
Nick

On 21/06/2007, at 12:56 AM, Abel Braaksma wrote:

> Nicholas Orr wrote:
> > Yes, I agree.  The source I have no control over, other than to  
> > submit error reports and hope for the best.  It's coming out of an  
> > app where I don't control the output.
> >
> > But having investigated this I came to the same conclusion, and  
> > I'll submit some reports about it and see what happens.
>
> Nicholas, if you draw a blank on your error reports, i.e., if you  
> *have* to remove the whitespace yourself, consider the following  
> three options:
>
> 1. The FAQ entry: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/ 
> N8321.html#d11899e830
> 2. One of the two solutions below, which is rather straightforward,  
> the second admittedly being a bit obfuscated while trying to  
> minimize the code
> 3. XSLT 2 (convince your bosses to upgrade): replace($text, '\s*([^ 
> \s]+)\s*', '$1')