Re: Template inside a Template

kalpana rawat wrote:
> Can we have a Templte inside a template.

Yes, but not the way you probably expect.

> e.g., 
> <xsl:template name="Item">
>     <xsl:template name="Notes">
>         ......something goes here
>     </xsl:template>
> </xsl:template>

You probably want

<xsl:template name="Item">
  <xsl:call-template name="Notes"/>
  ......something goes here
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="Notes">
  ......something goes here
</xsl:template>

But do you understand the processing model of XSLT?

<xsl:template match="foo"> means "this template is a good match for an
element named foo, if such a node has been selected for processing".

<xsl:apply-templates select="foo"/> means "go process, one at a time, all 
the 'foo' element children of the node currently being processed, by 
finding the template that is the best match for that node"

<xsl:for-each select="foo"> means "process, one at a time, all the 'foo' 
element children of the node currently being processed, and use the 
contents of this for-each element as the best matching template.

<xsl:template name="foo"> means "this template is named foo and can be 
called while processing any node"

<xsl:call-template name="foo"/> means "invoke the template named foo here,
without changing the current node"

Processing starts at the root node, and there are built-in templates that 
cause recursive descent through elements and the copying of text nodes.

   - Mike
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