I'll try to help, but first I need the answers to some questions.

The first template matches the element "states"
===========================
<xsl:template match="states">
  <br/>
  <xsl:if test="//state/sym='R'">
 ... content omitted for clarity ...
</xsl:template>
===========================

In your source XML document, is "states" the parent of all "state" elements, or do some "state" elements have "state" child elements?


Further along in this template you have this:
===========================
<xsl:for-each select="//state">
===========================

Unless you are planning to sort the elements, you probably don't need xsl:for-each, just use xsl:apply-templates.

Further along still you have this:
===========================
<td><xsl:choose>xsl:value-of select="Val3"/></td>
===========================

Why do you have an opening xsl:choose without a closing tag and no xsl:when or xsl:otherwise within?

Still further along you have this:
===========================
<xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($server,'/getinfo.dox?...........)"/>
===========================

Just what is it you are trying to get by concatenating the value of the variable or paramater $server with the string "'/getinfo.dox?..........."?

These problems aside, if your real XSLT works at all then it must be legal XML, which your sample is clearly not. I suspect your problem lies in these templates:

<xsl:template match="data/Val5">
  <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="data/Val6">
  <td><xsl:value-of select="node()"/></td>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="data/Val7">
  <td><xsl:value-of select="node()"/></td>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="data/Val8">
  <td><xsl:value-of select="node()"/></td>
</xsl:template>

If the root element of the document you are getting with 
<xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($server,'/getinfo.dox?...........)"/>
is "data", then you have omitted the document root from the "match" attribute.

The correct XPath for these would begin with "/", as in match="/data/Val8".
-- 
Charles Knell
cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email



-----Original Message-----
From:     ms <mina_hurray@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:45:41 -0800 (PST)
To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re:  formatting issues

Hi:

Can someone please reply to this ? I have been pretyt
frustrated with this problem and would really
appreciate if anyone can help.

--- ms <mina_hurray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have tried everything possible and have failed to
> format this XML.
> 
> My XSLT looks like this:
> 
> <xsl:template match="states">
> 		<br/>
> 		<xsl:if test="//state/sym='R'">
> 			<table width="100%">
> 				<tr>
> 					<td colspan="8">
> 						<b>STATES: </b>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<tr>
> 					<td width="9%">
> 						<u>Val1</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="15%">
> 						<u>Val2</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="7%">
> 						<u>Val3</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="7%">
> 						<u>Val4</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="9%">
> 						<u>Val5</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="21%">
> 						<u>Val6</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="15%">
> 						<u>Val7</u>
> 					</td>
> 					<td width="7%">
> 						<u>Val8</u>
> 					</td>
> 				</tr>
> 				<xsl:for-each select="//state">
> 					<xsl:choose>
> 						<xsl:when test="sym='R'">
> 							<tr>
> 								<td>
> 									<xsl:value-of select="Val1"/>
> 								</td>
> 								<td>
> 									<xsl:value-of select="Val2"/>
> 								</td>
> 								<td>
> 									<xsl:choose>
> 									
> 											<xsl:value-of select="Val3"/>
> 								
> 								</td>
> 								<td>
> 									<xsl:value-of select="Val4"/>
> 								</td>
> 								<xsl:variable name="v1">
> 									<xsl:value-of select="Val1"/>
> 								</xsl:variable>
> 								<xsl:variable name="v2">
> 									<xsl:value-of select="Val2"/>
> 								</xsl:variable>
> 						
> 								
> 								<xsl:apply-templates
>
select="document(concat($server,'/getinfo.dox?...........)"/>
> 							</tr>
> 						</xsl:when>
> 					</xsl:choose>
> 				</xsl:for-each>
> 			</table>
> 		</xsl:if>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="results">
> 		<tr>
> 			<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 		</tr>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="data">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates/>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="data/Val5">
> 		<td>
> 			<xsl:value-of select="."/>
> 		</td>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="data/Val6">
> 		<td>
> 			<xsl:value-of select="node()"/>
> 		</td>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="data/Val7">
> 		<td>
> 			<xsl:value-of select="node()"/>
> 		</td>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 	<xsl:template match="data/Val8">
> 		<td>
> 			<xsl:value-of select="node()"/>
> 		</td>
> 	</xsl:template>
> 
> 
> Now, Val1, Val2, Val3, Val4 are available in the
> input
> XML SO I am not concerned about them becoz they
> format
> fine.
> 
> Val5, Val6, Val7, and Val8 are retrieved thru a
> server
> call using JSP where it return the XML which looks
> like  below:
> 
> <results>
> 
> 	<data>
> <Val5>something</Val5>
> <Val6>something</Val6>
> <Val7>something</Val7>
> <Val8>P</Val8>
> </data>
> 
> 	<data>
> <Val5>something</Val5>
> <Val6>something</Val6>
> <Val7>something</Val7>
> <Val8>P</Val8>
> </data>
> 
> 	</results>
> 
> How do I format this to XHTML view. The above XSLT
> does not seem to work on this. Thank you for all
> your help.
> 
> 
>  
>
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