I think your two stylesheets are 100% equivalent, so there's something
odd going on here.

When you say "it doesn't work", what precisely do you mean?

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> Subject:  Fw: Root Node and apply-templates
> 
> 
> 
> I dont know if this is a very simple question but im a bit confused:
> 
> I have this xml:
> 
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><?xml:stylesheet 
> type="text/xsl"
> href="/BKM/BKMDesarrollo/admin/showSrchTemplate.xsl"?>
> 
> <ROOT CgiWebXcon="/cgi-bin/BKM/BKMDesarrollo/idccgi/X8102/ID25880"
> idioma="admproperties_es_ES.xml" system="SAMP" >
> <FIELDS>
> <FIELD tipo="0" sname="DOCN" >BRS Assigned Accession Number</FIELD>
> <FIELD tipo="0" sname="TI" >Title</FIELD>
> <FIELD tipo="0" sname="TX" activated="true" >Texto</FIELD>
> <FIELD tipo="0" sname="CR" activated="true" >Referencias</FIELD>
> <FIELD tipo="0" sname="SHRT" activated="true" >DOCN</FIELD></FIELDS>
> </ROOT>
> 
> and i do somethign like this:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="/ROOT/FIELDS/FIELD"/>
> </xsl:temaplate>
> 
> <xsl:template match="FIELD">
>     display data
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> but this doesnt work,  otherwise this code works:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>     <xsl:call-template name="test"/>
> </xsl:temaplate>
> 
> <xsl:template name="test">
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="/ROOT/FIELDS/FIELD"/>
> </xsl:temaplate>
> 
> <xsl:template match="FIELD">
>     display data
> </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> 
> why?
> 
> 
> 
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