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Subject: Re: Creating an input form, XML -> XSLT -> HTML
From: Ron King <roncking@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:42:11 -0600
xml input form
I grabbed the example from the url, and added the patch that you suggested. It shows
the attribute name, but not the attribute value. How can I get the attribute value?

Trevor Nash wrote:

> >I found an example in the archives dated 17 Oct 1999 23:49:15 from Clark Evans.
> >The example is supposed to handle attributes as well as elements, but given
> >this input:
> >
> > [snip]
>
> I think there is a slightly more up to date version at
>   http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N6052.html
> which sems to be from a follow-up to the message you quoted.  It has
> an extra bit on the end to handle attributes.
>
> However, the template that does the traversal only visits element
> nodes, so that is all you get in the output.  To visit attribute nodes
> too, try replacing the first template with:
>
> <xsl:template match="@*|*">
> <xsl:call-template name="resolver" />
> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|*" />
> </xsl:template>
>
> or
>
> <xsl:template match="*">
>    <xsl:for-each select="@*">
>        <xsl:call-template name="resolver" />
>    </xsl:for-each>
>    <xsl:call-template name="resolver" />
>    <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> (same thing really, just different styles)
>
> Note: watch out for the 'improvement' in the later version which uses
> format-number to pad the positions to four digits.  As mentioned, it
> will break should your input document go over 9999 nodes at any level.
>
> I'm sure I have seen the same thing discussed on this list within the
> last year, with a much more comprehensive solution - anyone else
> remember it?
>
> Regards,
> Trevor Nash
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