XML/XSL Transformation Help 1

[FlyerNut]

First, I have only worked with this for a week, so please bear with me.

I have this xml file:

<job client="127.0.0.1" id="1150317129" name="1150317129" product="apollo" scale="Merril" user="Merril">
<publication document="Multiboxes" mergepages="true" name="19" product="Merril" type="Test 1"></publication>
<channel name="Wave2Channel" postaction="preview"></channel>
<editorial>
<articlegroup id="1" name="Group 1" sortitem="" sortorder="" sorttype="">
<article id="1" ignored="false" linkable="true" name="1" placed="true">
<text id="1" name="Portfolio" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[Portfolio]]></content></text>
</article>
</articlegroup>
<articlegroup id="2" name="Group 2" sortitem="1" sortorder="ascending" sorttype="string">
<article id="1" ignored="false" linkable="true" name="1" placed="true">
<text id="1" name="sl1" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[Common Stock]]></content></text>
<text id="2" name="Sl2" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></content></text>
<text id="3" name="Sl3" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[Housing]]></content></text>
<text id="4" name="Detail" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[asdfljasdjfk]]></content></text>
</article>
<article id="2" ignored="false" linkable="true" name="2" placed="true">
<text id="1" name="sl1" placed="true"><content></content></text>
<text id="2" name="Sl2" placed="true"><content></content></text>
<text id="3" name="Sl3" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[Textiles]]></content></text>
<text id="4" name="Detail" placed="true"><content><![CDATA[asdf;lsdkf;lakfd]]></content></text>
</article>
</articlegroup>
</editorial>
</job>



and this XSL file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"

version="1.0">
<xslutput method="text"/>
<xsl:template match="publication" >
<xsl:value-of select="@document"/>

</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


From all of the tutorials I've read, I should only be returning the document part of the publication element, so why am I receiving this when running it through a transform:

MultiboxesPortfolioCommon StockBangladeshHousingasdfljasdjfkTextilesasdf;lsdkf;lakfd


Sorry if this is a basic error, but I'm trying to understand what I'm doing wrong and am getting frustrated. If you could also provide any tutorial or other sites I'd appreciate it as well.

 

[k5tm]

It is a basic error that even experienced XSLT users fall into occasionally. You are seeing the effect of built-in template rules. The built-in rule for text nodes is what is copying all the other text nodes over to the output document. Try:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"[/URL] version="1.0">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>
    <xsl:template match="publication" >
        <xsl:value-of select="@document"/>
        
    </xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="text()"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

The last template will match all the text nodes but emit nothing into the output.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com

 

[FlyerNut]

Tom,

Thanks for your help, it's greatly appreciated.

Tony

 

[k5tm]

Tony, you also asked about tutorials. Try

http://www.w3schools.com.

Tom Morrison

http://www.liant.com