[KLUG Members] XML/DSML/XSL Transform Help

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> It's been awhile since I've actually goofed around with XSLT, but I do
> remember matching being a bit of a trick sometimes. Of course, this
> being an at-work effort, I'd blame it on MSXML much of the time, but...

I'm just using "xsltproc <xsl file> <xml data>"

> I seem to recall this failing with MSXML. Rather than trying to match
> the root element, what you MIGHT want here is 'match="batchResponse"'
> >  <result>
> >   <xsl:for-each select="batchResponse/searchResponse/searchResultEntry">
> Then, DROP 'batchResponse/' from the path here. I know, it doesn't make

Okay, now I'm trying...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
   xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
   xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core">
<xsl:template match="batchResponse">
 <result>
  <xsl:for-each select="searchResponse/searchResultEntry">
   <row>
    <cn><xsl:value-of select="attr[@name='cn']/value"/></cn>
    <birthdate><xsl:value-of
select="attr[@name='birthday']/value"/></birthdate>
    <serialid><xsl:value-of
select="attr[@name='morrisonserialid']/value"/></serialid>
    <fileAs><xsl:value-of select="attr[@name='fileAs']/value"/></fileAs>
    <startdate><xsl:value-of
select="attr[@name='morrisonpositionstartdate']/value"/></startdate>
   </row>
  </xsl:for-each>
 </result>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

And I get, to me very oddly...

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
 
 
 
1015
 
 
02/17/1948

That isn't XML!

> a lot of sense for one to work and the other not, but like I said, I
> seem to remember SOMETHING screwy like this causing me a buttload of
> headaches. 

Yea, this seems like it should be straight forward.

> On the other hand, another thought comes to mind: perhaps you
> should include the xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core" in your
> stylesheet? That MIGHT be throwing off your parser. I'd at least give it
> a shot, see if it makes a difference.

No, no difference.