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Hello all -

I am trying to display some XML data as html via a transform (XSLT). The
XML data is as follows:

<TopElement>
<NextElement>
<String1>AAAAA</String1>
<String2>BBBBB</String2>
<String3>CCCCC</String3>
<String4>DDDDD</String4>
</NextElement>
</TopElement>

There could be a great many <NextElement> nodes in the XML file. I want the
resultant file (structure) to look like this:

.... <stuff>
<tr><td>
<xsl:value-of select="String2">
</td></tr>

<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="String3"></td>
<td><xsl:value-of select="String4"></td>
</tr>
.... <more stuff>



Where String2 might be a constant for several nodes. Using the
<xsl:for-each select=""> structure, I get the value of String2 repeated over
and over again when I want one instance of the value of String2 displayed
and the other data displayed via the iteration (it will always be
different). I can sort the value etc but can't get it to display the way I
like. I have looked for a solution i the book I'm using (XSLT & XPATH) but
no straightforward answer. Please let me know if I have not stated the
problem correctly. Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Regards,

chris

chris wrote:

> Hello all -
>
> I am trying to display some XML data as html via a transform (XSLT).
> The XML data is as follows:
>
> <TopElement>
> <NextElement>
> <String1>AAAAA</String1>
> <String2>BBBBB</String2>
> <String3>CCCCC</String3>
> <String4>DDDDD</String4>
> </NextElement>
> </TopElement>
>
> There could be a great many <NextElement> nodes in the XML file. I want
> the resultant file (structure) to look like this:
>
> ... <stuff>
> <tr><td>
> <xsl:value-of select="String2">
> </td></tr>
>
> <tr>
> <td><xsl:value-of select="String3"></td>
> <td><xsl:value-of select="String4"></td>
> </tr>
> ... <more stuff>
>
>
>
> Where String2 might be a constant for several nodes. Using the
> <xsl:for-each select=""> structure, I get the value of String2 repeated
> over and over again when I want one instance of the value of String2
> displayed and the other data displayed via the iteration (it will always
> be different). I can sort the value etc but can't get it to display the
> way I like. I have looked for a solution i the book I'm using (XSLT &
> XPATH) but no straightforward answer. Please let me know if I have not
> stated the problem correctly. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
>
> Regards,
>
> chris
>
HI all -

I figured it out

For those interested, see:

http://www.jenitennison.com/index.xml for good info on XSLT in general and
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping/index.xml for info regarding the
problem outlines above in particular.

Also, for those who don't know (like me) and are using C# to transform XML
using keys, *don't* follow the MS example at MSDN. There is an identified
problem with XmlDataDocument. See a solution here: http://tinyurl.com/2htx8.

Thanks to all.

--
chris