RE: : XSL processes XML incorrectly when uneven number

Is there a maximum number of <option> children in an <optionListx> element, or could there be an indefinite number of columns in the output table?

We've already determined that there should be exactly seven rows (one for each <optionListx> element). The task becomes very easy if there is a maximum number of columns and very tricky if the number of columns is indeterminate.

Please advise.
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Charles Knell
cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email



-----Original Message-----
From:     Cave, Neil <Neil.Cave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:44:53 +0100
To:       <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  RE: :  XSL processes XML incorrectly when uneven number of values returned in array elements

Hi Charles

I can try give it a go with 2.0

Alternatively, if I absolutely have to, I can modify the XSL that
transforms the XML from the back-end application to the XML required by
the front-end app. The front-end app requires data in the
free-xml/optionList/option format. 
However, the front-end app will accept the data as attributes or
elements.

I went with elements because I could not figure out how to map the
elements of the XML from the back-end app to the attributes of the
front-end XML using my XSL tool.

I had some XSL that displayed the data correctly when I used a test XML
document where the data was returned as attributes as in the structure
below.  

<free-xml>
<optionList1>
 <option desc="92" value="1"/>
 <option desc="101" value="2"/>
</optionList1>
Etc...

However, because of my limited XSL skills I could only create the
integration XSL (using a tool) that returns the back-end data as
elements
<free-xml>
<optionList1>
 <option>92</option>
 <option>101</option>
</optionList1>
Etc...

But now I sit with this display issue...