Re: Inserting parts of a xml document

Hi Martin,

> I simply want to insert test2.xml/root/a/* into test1.xml/root/a. So I wrote the
> following xslt:
>
>      <xsl:template match="root/a">
>          <xsl:apply-templates />
>          <xsl:copy>
>             <xsl:apply-templates select="document('test2.xml')/root/a/node()" />
>          </xsl:copy>
>      </xsl:template>
>
> But with this xslt the "<a>" and "</a>" are just around the second "<b>":

In the above template, you're creating the 'a' element with the
xsl:copy.  The xsl:apply-templates before the copy is applying
templates to (and therefore copying, since you're using the identity
template) the children of a in test1.xml.  The xsl:apply-template
within the copy is applying templates to (and therefore copying) the
children of a in test2.xml.

All you need to do is to make the result of applying the templates to
the children of a in test1.xml be added *within* the copy of the 'a'
element, rather than before it:

<xsl:template match="a">
   <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates />
      <xsl:apply-templates
         select="document('test2.xml')/root/a/node()" />
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

BTW, if this is all you're doing, you may as well use xsl:copy-of
rather than xsl:apply-templates, to save the processor working through
the nodes one by one:

<xsl:template match="a">
   <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:copy-of select="node()" />
      <xsl:copy-of select="document('test2.xml')/root/a/node()" />
   </xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

I hope that helps,

Jeni

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http://www.jenitennison.com/



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