hi,

this is a part of my xml-file (the table data)

<table columns="3">
	<cell>row1</cell>
	<cell>row1</cell>
	<cell>row1</cell>
	<cell>row2</cell>
	<cell>row2</cell>
	<cell>row2</cell>
	....
</table>

and this is the part from my xslt-file so far:

<xsl:template match="table">
	<table border="1">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="cell"/>
	</table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="cell">
	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="position()=1">
		<xsl:message><test></xsl:message>
			<tr>						<!-- here seems to be my problem -->
		</xsl:when>
	</xsl:choose>
	
	<td>
		<xsl:value-of select="."/>
	</td>
	
	<xsl:choose>
		<xsl:when test="((position() mod 3) = 0) and (position()!=1) and (position() != last())">
			</tr><tr>				       <!-- here seems to be my problem -->
		</xsl:when>
		<xsl:when test="position() = last()">
			</tr>						<!-- here seems to be my problem -->
		</xsl:when>
	</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>


thanks,
jm


On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:50:45 -0600
bix_xslt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> This is a common problem for those of us who have just started delving into
> XML.  What may be beneficial for you is if you could provide a sample XML
> and XSLT sheet so that those of us on the list can show you how to work with
> the XSL language.  I have a feeling that you need to shift your viewpoint
> from a pure html line by line thought process into a more functional
> programming viewpoint.  By providing the samples, we'll be able to help you
> see how to use the XSL in a better manner.
> 
> Any time you need to output a particular type of element, such as 'tr', you
> want the xsl processor to create an html node or element.  Using CDATA as
> you have shown below creates a string that looks like a node element, but
> only after the HTML has been processed (as you have seen with your output).
> The way I typically do this is think about my problem in this manner:
> 
> make the table tag,
>    for every row I need,
>       add a start tr tag,
>         apply all the templates for the individual td tags
>       end the tr tag
>    end the for each
> end the table tag
> 
> Hopefully that makes some sense.  Again, providing the xml and xslt would
> allow us to help you more.
> bix
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jm" <mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 11:38 AM
> Subject:  output unterminated tags
> 
> 
> > hi all,
> >
> > i want to output unterminated tags with my xslt-stylesheet
> > for (html)table-construction.
> >
> > so i want to be able to print just
> >
> > <tr>
> > or
> > </tr><tr>
> > or
> > </tr>
> >
> > i tried it with <![CDATA[<tr>]]> but this put just
> >
> > &lt;tr&gt;
> >
> > in my html-file
> >
> > thanks
> > jm
> >
> >  XSL-List info and archive:  http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
> >
> >
> 
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