Copy element into complexType in XSLT

2BOrNot2B · December 19th, 2006, 06:43 PM

I have this XML:

<Group>
  <SubGroupA>
    <Sam>Girl</Sam>
    <Bob>Boy</Bob>
  <SubGroupA>
  <Tim>Boy</Tim>
  <SubGroupB>
     <Mike>Boy</Mike>
     <Robin>Girl</Robin>
  <SubGroupB>
</Group>

I like to insert <Tim> inside <SubTeamB> in my new XML. <Tim> has to be between <Mike> and <Robin>. This is what I like in the final result. Please note that "Group" is changed to "Team".

<Team>
  <SubTeamA>
    <Sam>Girl</Sam>
    <Bob>Boy</Bob>
  <SubTeamA>
  <SubTeamB>
     <Mike>Boy</Mike>
     <Tim>Boy</Tim>
     <Robin>Girl</Robin>
  <SubTeamB>
</Team>

My piece of XSLT is the following:
<xsl:template match="SubGroupB">
    <SubTeamB>
        <xsl:copy-of select="Mike">
        <Tim/> <---- Issue is here. Tim has no value.
        <xsl:copy-of select="Robin">
    </SubTeamB>
</xsl:template>

How do I get <Tim> inside <SubTeamB> when my <SubGroupB> template has no access to <Tim>? Please help.

joefawcett · December 20th, 2006, 04:24 AM

I don't follow this at all, where does <Tim> come from?
If it's hard-coded just change what you have to:

Code:

<xsl:template match="SubGroupB">
    <SubTeamB>
        <xsl:copy-of select="Mike">
        <Tim>Boy</Tim> 
        <xsl:copy-of select="Robin">
    </SubTeamB>
</xsl:template>

Otherwise I suggest you provide a bit more detail about your input, current XSLT and desired output.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

mhkay · December 20th, 2006, 09:00 AM

<xsl:copy-of select="../Tim"/>

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joefawcett · December 20th, 2006, 09:09 AM

My eyesight's going, I completely missed the <Tim> element between the SubGroups :)

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)