Newbie Question

Hi

I really thought I was getting the hang of XSLT, until this. I know what's
happening, the "catchall" template is outputting the value of the elements
it see's. What I don't understand is why?

Regards
Roger

XML File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<OBJECT CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.SchemaElement"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.SchemaElement-48455683">
   <impl>
      <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.SchemaElementImpl"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.SchemaElementImpl7035313">
         <element>
            <OBJECT
REFERENCE="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.SchemaElement-48455683" />
         </element>

         <QdriverName>JDBC-ODBC Bridge (ODBCJT32.DLL)</QdriverName>

         <tables>
            <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.DBElementsCollection"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.DBElementsCollection1133113">
               <owner>
                  <OBJECT
REFERENCE="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.SchemaElementImpl7035313
" />
               </owner>

               <Qelms>
                  <ARRAY SIZE="1" CLASS="PRIMITIVE"
ROWCLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.TableElement">
                     <ROW ROW="0">
                        <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.TableElement"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.TableElement-1672359569">
                           <impl>
                              <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.TableElementImpl"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.TableElementImpl5090263">
                                 <columns>
                                    <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.DBElementsCollection"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.DBElementsCollection1744354">
                                       <owner>
                                          <OBJECT
REFERENCE="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.TableElementImpl5090263"
/>
                                       </owner>

                                       <Qelms>
                                          <ARRAY SIZE="29" CLASS="PRIMITIVE"
ROWCLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.ColumnElement">
                                             <ROW ROW="0">
                                                <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.ColumnElement"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.ColumnElement1206291630">
                                                   <impl>
                                                      <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.ColumnElementImpl"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.jdbcimpl.ColumnElementImpl5041390">
                                                         <Qname>
                                                            <OBJECT
CLASS="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.DBIdentifier"
ID="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.DBIdentifier5714231">
 
<name>account</name>
                                                            </OBJECT>
                                                         </Qname>

                                                         <Qprecision>
                                                            <OBJECT
CLASS="java.lang.Integer" ID="java.lang.Integer20">
 
<value>20</value>
                                                            </OBJECT>
                                                         </Qprecision>

                                                         <Qtype>12</Qtype>

                                                         <element>
                                                            <OBJECT
REFERENCE="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.ColumnElement1206291630" />
                                                         </element>

                                                         <Qscale>
                                                            <OBJECT />
                                                         </Qscale>

 
<QisNullable>true</QisNullable>

                                                         <Qlength>
                                                            <OBJECT
REFERENCE="java.lang.Integer20" />
                                                         </Qlength>
                                                      </OBJECT>
                                                   </impl>

                                                   <declaringTable>
                                                      <OBJECT
REFERENCE="com.sun.forte4j.modules.dbmodel.TableElement-1672359569" />
                                                   </declaringTable>
                                                </OBJECT>
                                             </ROW>
                                          </ARRAY>
                                       </Qelms>
                                    </OBJECT>
                                 </columns>
                              </OBJECT>
                           </impl>
                        </OBJECT>
                     </ROW>
                  </ARRAY>
               </Qelms>
            </OBJECT>
         </tables>
      </OBJECT>
   </impl>
</OBJECT>

XSL File:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/>


<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>  

<xsl:template match="name">
Match Found
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>

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

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output is

JDBC-ODBC Bridge (ODBCJT32.DLL) Match Found account 20 12 true 

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