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Having trouble with XSLT and this XML file...??? Very basic.

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angelleye

angelleye

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I'm new to XSLT (just got into XML and have been using XML DOM with ASP) and I'm trying to display this response I get back from the eBay API.

The response I get is this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GeteBayOfficialTimeResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
<Timestamp>2005-08-12T02:33:09.184Z</Timestamp>
<Ack>Success</Ack>
<CorrelationID>00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0000000000</CorrelationID>
<Version>421</Version>
<Build>e421_core_Bundled_1630320_R1</Build>
</GeteBayOfficialTimeResponse>


I've setup a very basic XSLT file to try and display the page but I'm having issues because of the xmlns=... attribute on the GeteBayOfficialTimeResponse element. My .xsl file is as such:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<body bgcolor="cccccc">
<p><xsl:value-of select="GeteBayOfficialTimeResponse/Timestamp"/></p>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

When I link to that .xsl file from my .xml and open it up I get a blank gray page. If I remove the attribute from the GeteBayOfficialTimeResponse element and try it it displays the Timestamp value perfectly.

What do I need to do to handle that attribute on the root element? I can't find anything about this at w3schools.com or any other tutorial sites. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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Ok, I've gotten that part figured out. Now I'm on to a little more complex situation.

I'm using XSLT to transform an XML document into an HTML form with hidden elements so that I can populate an Access database with ASP. I'm getting stuck on how to select the value of a child element.

Here is my XML:
I've succesfully grabbed the <ItemID>, <StartTime>, and <EndTime> values, but I'm having trouble with the <Fee> elements. I need to select the value of the <Fee> child element to the <Fee> element with <Name> element ListingFee...if that makes any sense. Basically, looking at the XML, I need to get the value of the ListingFee. I've tried many things, currently I got stuck after trying:

<input type="hidden" name="ListingFee">
<xsl:attribute name="value">
<xsl:when test="/b:Name=ListingFee">
<xsl:value-of select="//b:AddItemResponse/b:Fees/b:Fee"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:attribute>
</input>

You can look at my entire XSL here:
Any information on how to make this selection would be fabulous. Thanks!
 
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