XML Parser Problem??

mar0364 · September 15th, 2004, 08:34 AM

I've tried to run these allot and it only shows me a XML document. I want it to actually run the little test that comes back with the first occurrence of company. Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm using IE6.

STYLE SHEET

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match = "/">
<html>
<head>
<title>Sample XSLT StyleSheet</title>
</head>
<body>
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="company">
<p>Company Encountered</p>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

XML FILE

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xsl-stylesheet version="1.0" type = "simple/xsl" href ="SampleStyleSheet.xsl"?>

<!-- initial xml definition for taxonony 
 created on 08/02/04 -->

<company>
<!-- company specific attributes  
if the company supports sub-entities, such as MGA's or other companies under a     parent, then each sub-entity should be enumerated
with coding to support selection of specific company sub-entity
-->
    <companycode>498</companycode>
    <companyname>Aries Insurance Company</companyname>
    <status>
        <cycle>Rehab</cycle>
        <cycledate>05/09/2002</cycledate>
        <cycle>Liquidate</cycle>
        <cycledate>11/14/2002</cycledate>
    </status>

<policy>

    <policynumber>GLO07234567</policynumber>
    <effectdate>09/14/2003</effectdate>
    <expiredate>09/14/2004</expiredate>
    <insured>
        <lastname>Pemo</lastname>
        <firstname>Bryson</firstname>
        <midlname>W</midlname>
    </insured>
<claim>
<!-- claim specific data is enumerated here..
each & every company claim against the above policy would be enumerated here
if the policy had no claims against it, the tag would be empty
-->
    <type>LC</type>
    <lossdate>08/02/2004</lossdate>
    <claimnumber>20040567</claimnumber>
    <claimant>

        <claimantnumber>00001</claimantnumber>
        <lastname>Elvis</lastname>
        <firstname>Presely</firstname>
        <midlname>A</midlname>
    </claimant>
    <type>RP</type>
    <lossdate>11/14/2004</lossdate>
    <claimnumber></claimnumber>
    <claimant>
        <claimantnumber>00001</claimantnumber>
        <lastname>John</lastname>
        <firstname>Lennon</firstname>
        <midlname>W</midlname>
    </claimant>

</claim>
</policy>
</company>

joefawcett · September 15th, 2004, 09:23 AM

Your processing instruction is incorrect, it should be

Code:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="SampleStyleSheet.xsl" ?>

.
Of course this stylesheet won't use any of the values in the document, you could change the company template to:

Code:

<xsl:template match="company">
<p><xsl:value-of select="companyname"/></p>
</xsl:template>

to see some data.

--

Joe (Co-author Beginning XML, 3rd edition)