Re: [xsl] suprised by <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>

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Subject: Re: suprised by <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 15:50:29 -0400

Hi Gerry,

At 03:08 PM 8/6/01, you wrote:

Why did I get
<td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000">
instead of
<td>colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000"
?????

because when you said <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> the processor recognizes you are copying attribute nodes, and attribute nodes can only exist on element nodes, so that's where it puts them. When serialized, the element node with its associated attribute nodes gets written <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000">.

Remember, it's nodes we're processing not strings!

The <xsl:attribute> instruction works the same way. Notice that it's an error in your stylesheet to say <xsl:attribute> or <xsl:copy-of select="@*"> (both of which create attribute nodes) *after* instructions to put child nodes of the element into the tree.

Cheers,
Wendell


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