> I am new to XSLT, so please forgive me if this is a FAQ 

It is a FAQ and we forgive you

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N7450.html#d9550e13

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


(I 
> have found no useful reference on the web). I have the 
> following XML source (snippet):
> 
>     <children>
>         <child id="870">
>             <file>dscn1095.jpg</file>
>             <title>Some text.</title> 
>         </child>
>         <child id="871">
>             <file>dscn1100.jpg</file>
>             <title>More text</title> 
>         </child>
>         <child id="872">
>             <file>dscn1101.jpg</file>
>             <title>Still more text.</title> 
>         </child>
> 
> The children should be transformed into a two-column table. I 
> tried this, which makes the XSLT processors choke:
> 
> <xsl:template match="page[@type='galleries']/children">
>     <table><tr>
>     <xsl:for-each select="child">
>         <td><img><xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of 
> select="file" /></xsl:attribute></img><xsl:value-of 
> select="title" /></td>
>         <xsl:if test="not(position() mod 2)"></tr><tr></xsl:if>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>     </tr></table>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Obviously, they don't like the closing </tr> tag following my 
> <xsl:if>. While I see the reason for the error, I cannot find 
> a way around it. Is there a way to achieve what I want with XSLT?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jan
> -- 
> There are 10 kinds of people:  those who understand binary, 
> and those who don't