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--- Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [somehow this didn't reach the list, retry. probably > outdated now though..] > > Hi Oryan, > > see my comments, > > Cheers, > Abel > > oryann9 wrote: > > <?xml version="1.0" ?> > > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" > > xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> > > <xsl:output method="html"/> > > <xsl:template match="/"> > > <HTML> > > <HEAD> > > <TITLE>My Phone Book</TITLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY BGCOLOR="BLACK"> > > <xsl:apply-templates select="//LISTING" > /> > > > > You probably want just LISTING here. You are > selecting every possible > LISTING from the root through all the document when > you use //LISTING. > > > </BODY> > > </HTML> > > </xsl:template> > > <xsl:template match="LISTING"> > > <FONT COLOR="WHITE"><xsl:value-of > > select="LAST"/>, > > <xsl:value-of select="FIRST"/></FONT> > > <FONT COLOR="orange" SIZE="+2"><xsl:value-of > > select="PHONE"/> > > <xsl:choose> > > <xsl:when test="boolean(PHONE/@TYPE)"> > > (<xsl:value-of select="PHONE/@TYPE" />) > > > > No need for an xsl:choose. In almost all cases that > I've seen on this > list, xsl:choose is over-used, because it feels so > easy (or looks so > much like in the other programming languages). > Instead, use: > > <FONT COLOR="orange" SIZE="+2"> > <xsl:apply-templates select="PHONE" /> > > then, have twotemplate matches (one for empty or > non-existing @TYPE, the > other for all other @TYPE): > > <xsl:template match="PHONE[@TYPE='' | not(@TYPE)]" > > <xsl:value-of select="."/> (HOME) > </ > > <xsl:template match="PHONE[@TYPE != '']"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> (<xsl:value-of > select="PHONE/@TYPE" />) > </ > > Hi to all! I thank you all very much for all the assistance you have provided since I am new to XSL(T). Allow me some more time to absorb and practice what was sent. :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/
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