Re: Error: when distance between section definitions

So, what should be the output?

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On 12/1/05, geoff hopkins <geoffhopkins123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The basic premise of the xsl below is to define
> sections that fall between two marker points
> 'Application Software Requirements and 'Service
> Function Requirements' .  The problem I have is if
> these two marker points have roughly 3678 (or more)
> other nodes between then
>
> i.e.
>
> 1. <root>
> 2. <text>'Application Software Requirements</text>
> 3. <text></text>
> ..
> ..
> 3685. <text>Service Function Requirements</text>
> 3686. <text></text>
> </root>
>
> I get this error message (MSXML4.0)
> Code: 0x80004005
> The XSL Processor stack has overflowed - probable
> cause is infinite template recursion.
> I get this error message (Saxon 6.5.3)
> An exception of type 'java/lang/StackOverflowError'
> was not handled
>
> Unfortunately I am tied into MSXML for this project,
> any ideas why this is happening? do I need to redefine
> my xsl, if yes will need a good guide as I am quite
> rubbish at it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff
>
> p.s. can't supply the source xml as it contains
> sensitive data.
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
> <xsl:variable name="SSDD_START">Application Software
> Requirements</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="SSDD_STOP">Service Function
> Requirements</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="REQ_START">R[</xsl:variable>
> <xsl:variable name="REQ_STOP">]</xsl:variable>
>
> <xsl:param name="DOC_REF"/>
>
> <xsl:template match="pdf2xml">
>        <root>
>                <artefact doc_ref="{$DOC_REF}">
>                        <xsl:apply-templates select="text[1]"/>
>                </artefact>
>        </root>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="text">
> <xsl:if test=".!=contains(.,$SSDD_START)">
>        <xsl:if test=".=starts-with(.,$REQ_START) and
> substring(.,string-length(.),1)=$REQ_STOP">
>                <instance type_id="1">
>                        <xsl:attribute name="doc">
>                                <xsl:value-of select="$DOC_REF"/>
>                        </xsl:attribute>
>                        <xsl:attribute name="sec">
>                                <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>                        </xsl:attribute>
>                </instance>
>        </xsl:if>
> </xsl:if>
>        <xsl:apply-templates
> select="following-sibling::text[1]"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="text[contains(.,'Service Function
> Requirements')]">
>        <xsl:apply-templates
> select="following-sibling::text[contains(.,$SSDD_START)][1]"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="text[1]">
>        <xsl:apply-templates
> select="following-sibling::text[contains(.,$SSDD_START)][1]"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
>
>
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