It looks to me as if you are using the XML output method when you should
be using HTML.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Declan Brennan
> Sent: 12 November 2002 15:18
> To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE:  wierd textarea behaviour with xsl
> 
> 
> Thanks but that didn't fix it fully.
> 
> The problem lies in the fact that the <textarea> tag is not 
> being closed 
> properly if there is no value in the xsl select (if there is, 
> it works ok now).
> 
> So if there is - the html source looks like :
> <textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="comment" 
> class="textbox">Dum de dum.</textarea>
> 
> If there isn't, the html source looks like, (note the lack of 
> closing tag) : <textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="comment" 
> class="textbox"/>
> 
> So to try and force a value into the box I used an xsl choose. 
> 
> <textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="comment" class="textbox">
> 	<xsl:choose>
> 		<xsl:when test="(./currentStatus/comment)">
> 			<xsl:choose>
> 				<xsl:when 
> test="./currentStatus/comment !=
> ''">
> 					<xsl:value-of
> select="./currentStatus/comment"/>
> 				</xsl:when>
> 				<xsl:otherwise>
> 					No comments.
> 				</xsl:otherwise>
> 			</xsl:choose>
> 		</xsl:when>
> 	</xsl:choose>
> </textarea>
> 
> This has fixed it. Man, what a verbose way of having to 
> populate a comment box.
> 
> If I remove the text between the otherwise tags, it goes back 
> to not closing the <textarea> object properly. Anyone know a 
> better way of doing this, as I'd prefer to keep the textarea 
> empty if there is no value in the xml?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Declan
> 
> > This is wierd. My xsl code is simple :
> > 
> > <TR>
> >   <TD class="h4">Reason</TD>
> >   <TD>
> >     <textarea rows="5" cols="40"  name="comment" class="textbox"
> >         value="{./currentStatus/comment}" />
> >   </TD>
> > </TR>
> [snip]
> > But what is displayed is a textbox that contains 
> > </TD></TR></table><br/><TABLE and all the rest of the html for the 
> > page till the </html> tag.
> > 
> > What the heck is going wrong? I can't see it. Please help.
> 
> Outputing something that is not HTML; the textarea element of 
> HTML does not have a value attribute, instead use
> 
>   <textarea rows="5" cols="40"  name="comment" class="textbox">
>     <xsl:value-of select="./currentStatus/comment" />
>   </textarea>
> 
> 
> 
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