Re: template selection based on attributes

I tested the following, and it works:

<xsl:template match="Page">
  <div class="col01">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Article[@layoutpos='col01']"/>
  </div>
  <div class="col02">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Article[@layoutpos='col02']"/>
  </div>
</xsl:template>

By the way, the / in the match of your original doesn't do anything for 
you. At best, your XSL processor will ignore it. At worst, it'll cause an 
error.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services





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12/29/2004 06:28 AM
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 template selection based on attributes






Hi,

I've got a 2-column page where I want to display articles in. The articles
appear in both columns. Normally, I would create my XML file in this way:
<Page>
<Col1>
<Article></Article>
<Article></Article>
</Col1>
<Col2>
<Article></Article>
<Article></Article>
</Col2>
</Page>

And the XSLT is pretty simple to produce from here.

But I would like to declare all the articles in a single list and then
decide where to put them as an attribute as such:

<Page>
<Article layoutpos="col01"></Article>
<Article layoutpos="col01"></Article>
<Article layoutpos="col02"></Article>
<Article layoutpos="col02"></Article>
</Page>

And then in the XSLT file itself, find some way to iterate through the 
list
and selectively display the articles.

<xsl:template match="/Page">
<div class="col01">
###Call template for Article but filter for col01###
</div>
<div class="col02">
###Call template for Article but filter for col02###
</div>
</xsl:template>

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks!
Wong