Re: how to select part of the tree?

K. Ari Krupnikov wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>         I'm trying to select some of the nodes in an XML document, but I keep
> getting the whole tree. How do I make sure only <make> and <model> nodes
> in this example are returned?
> 

looks like you have to suppress the info you don't want

A quick way is 
<xsl:template match="*"></xsl:template>

and have your actual data-requests go 

<xsl:template match="make">
  <b><xsl:value-of /></b>
</xsl:template>

but that'll get some annoying side-effects pretty quick.


Better solution is to be more explicit about what you DO want, and
define

<xsl:template match="vehicle">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="make"/>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="model"/>
</xsl:template>

As this wil be modular (easier to extend),
and should cause the vehicle template to not process the other info by
default.

There's a dozen more ways to get the same effect tho'

cheers, 

.dan.

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