generating a table w. xslt, newbie problem

themuffinman_swe · November 25th, 2005, 11:28 AM

Hi,

I am trying to generate a table in which I want to put data, radio buttons) into different columns. These rows should be put in different columns every seven rows. The error msg i get is this:
The 'xsl:text' start tag on line '687' doesn't match the end tag of 'td' in file...
Which is concerned with this line: </td><td>

Code:

<xsl:template name="radiobuttongroup">

        <xsl:for-each select="radiobuttongroup">    

            <xsl:variable name="parent_id"><xsl:value-of select="@id"/></xsl:variable>

            <xsl:call-template name="label"/>
            <table border="1">    
            <tr>
            <td>                    
                <xsl:for-each select="radio">    
                    <xsl:if test = "index mod 7 = 0 ">
                        </td><td>        
                    </xsl:if>                                                
                    <xsl:call-template name="foo"/>                        
                </xsl:for-each>    
            </td>
            </tr>                                    
            </table>
                <xsl:if test="required"><span class="required_field">*</span></xsl:if>                                                    

        </xsl:for-each>    

    </xsl:template>    



<xsl:template name="foo">
    <xsl:variable name="parent_id"><xsl:value-of select="@id"/></xsl:variable>
    <div style="padding-left:3em;">
    <!--
    <xsl:if test = "index mod 7 = 0 ">
            <xsl:call-template name="radiobuttongroup"/>                    
    </xsl:if>                    -->
        <input value="1" type="radio">                                                                            

        <xsl:attribute name="name">ctrl_<xsl:value-of select="../@id"/></xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:attribute name="id">ctrl_<xsl:value-of select="@id"/></xsl:attribute>            

        <xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="hidden-text"/></xsl:attribute>                        

        <xsl:if test = "//values/value[@ctrlid = $parent_id] = label/text">
            <xsl:attribute name="checked">checked</xsl:attribute>                                                            
        </xsl:if>                            
        <xsl:if test="$disable_input">
            <xsl:attribute name="disabled">disabled</xsl:attribute>
        </xsl:if>                                                                                                
        <xsl:call-template name="label"/>                    
        </input>                                                                                                                                                            
        </div>                        
    </xsl:template>

Can I achieve the same thing using a different technique?? Any ideas?
Thanx in advance!

pgtips · November 25th, 2005, 11:36 AM

the general method for grouping problems based on position is here:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-lis.../msg00058.html

themuffinman_swe · November 25th, 2005, 12:25 PM

Hi, thanks.

I found the example quite complex... is there a nwebie version somewhere? ;)

pgtips · November 25th, 2005, 01:26 PM

The salient bits are:-
1. find the first one in each group using this syntax <xsl:apply-templates select="radio[(position() mod $group-size) = 1]" />
2. find all others in the group like this <xsl:for-each select=". | following-sibling::title[position() < $group-size]">

note that 1. calls a template, then in the called template you embed the grouped items (in your case radio buttons) in the <td></td> pair

<xsl:template match="radio">
<td>
<xsl:for-each select=". | following-sibling::title[position() < $group-size]">
</td>
</xsl:template>

mhkay · November 25th, 2005, 07:28 PM

Your error is a very fundamental one: you are thinking of XSLT as a language that outputs begin and end tags, not a language that writes nodes to a result tree. If you think about the result tree, it should be very obvious that you can't say "if condition then write half of one node and half of another". What does half a node look like?

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

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

themuffinman_swe · November 26th, 2005, 01:05 PM

Thanks!! :D both of u!