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 Always use xsl:apply-templates, unless you see that this requires you to create a new mode that will be used once only, in which case you can use xsl:for-each instead as "syntax sugar". It's not quite that simple, but almost ... there are cases where it makes less of a difference (and for-each may be more readable) and other cases where it makes more of a difference. Beginners sometimes over-use xsl:for-each because they think they understand it (even when they don't), and sometimes get themselves in trouble thereby. So prefer xsl:apply-templates by default and you should be cool. xsl:for-each can occasionally be useful for other things than "working through all nodes of an XML", but they'd be considered "advanced" I think. Cheers, Wendell At 10:57 AM 11/10/2004, you wrote: when working through all nodes of an XML, both 'xsl:for-each' and 'xsl:apply-templates' can be used. ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ====================================================================== 
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