Problems copying elements recursively.

I've been trying with this piece for a while but still
cannot get it right.

I am trying to copy a certain node-tree from the xml
document via xsl style sheet. Basically i would like
the output to be an xml representation of the node
tree.

eg: Here's a prototype of the xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="test1.xsl"?> 
<employees>
  <deptA>
    <name>John</name>
    <history>
      <startdate>12022002</startdate>
      <dependendants>
        <name>Jill</name>
        <name>James</name>
      </dependendants>
    </history>
  </deptA>
  <deptB>
    <name>Carl</name>
    <history>
      <startdate>01032001</startdate>
    </history>
  </deptB>
</employees>

and here's the xsl:

- <xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:apply-templates select="//employees[*]" /> 
  </xsl:template>
- <xsl:template match="//employees[*]">
  - <xsl:copy>
  <xsl:text><</xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="name()" /> 
  <xsl:text>></xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="text()" /> 
  <xsl:apply-templates select="*" /> 
  <xsl:text></</xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="name()" /> 
  <xsl:text>></xsl:text> 
  </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
- <xsl:template match="employees//*">
- <xsl:copy>
  <xsl:text><</xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="name()" /> 
  <xsl:text>></xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="text()" /> 
  <xsl:apply-templates select="employees//*" /> 
  <xsl:text><</xsl:text> 
  <xsl:value-of select="name()" /> 
  <xsl:text>></xsl:text> 
  </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>


and the output:

<employees><deptA><deptA> <deptB><deptB></employees>

 Why is it not traversing and printing each node
recursively?...i'm still trying to understand the
finer workings of xsl. Can you guys can help me with
this?


DevGuy



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