RE: Altering specific value then outputing tree.

> I want to be able to output the above piece of XML in my 
> output document, and I
> can do this fine by doing an <xsl:copy-of select="//person"/> 
> but I want to be
> able to change the value of the member_number tag before 
> outputing the above so
> that it contains a number.  I am going to get the value for 
> the member_number
> from elsewhere within my XML document.  Is there an easy way 
> of doing this
> rather than a <xsl:copy-of..> of each individual element 
> within the above
> tree??

Write an identity template rule for most elements:

<xsl:template match="*">
  <xsl:copy-of select="*"/>
  <xsl:copy><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

and override it with a special rule for member_number

<xsl:template match="member_number">
  <member_number><xsl:value-of select="..."/></member_number>
</xsl:template>

Mike Kay
Software AG 

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