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I am attempting to populate an HTML table where the column names are generated by the set of element names on each row. Not all elements occur on all rows. My problem is thus to dynamically work out the total set of columns (using the element names) and dynamically position each piece of data in the correct column. For example, assume XML looks like <BLOCK> <ROW> <A>1</A> <B>2</B> </ROW> <ROW> <A>9</A> <B>3</B> <C>4</C> </ROW> <ROW> <A>5</A> <D>6</D> <E>7</E> </ROW> <BLOCK> I'd like to end up with a table something like A B C D E 1 2 9 3 4 5 6 7 Thus far I have code something like <xsl:template match="BLOCK"> <xsl:variable name="ColumnNames" select="ROW/*[not(local-name()=local-name(preceding::ROW/*)))]"/> <table border="10"> <tr> <xsl:for-each select="$ColumnNames"> <th> <xsl:value-of select="local-name()"/> </th> </xsl:for-each> </tr> </table> </xsl:template> I know its wrong because the local-name function is going to process the first node only. So it handles the <A> element ok but not any of the others. I'm trying to follow the examples I've seen of grouping but most seem to be based on element/attribute content rather than element names. Various wild and whacky schemes have come to mind but before I looked for a zebra, I thought I'd check if anyone knew of a horse. Any pointers much appreciated. Regards Michael XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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