Given below is the xml and xsl code snippet for my web page.
I have used two templates one for filling Medium drop down and another for Priority drop down.

My question is ...

    the template match="Priority/PriorityList" --does this execute for both request call and response call??

If it executes...for both ...is there any way to write one generic template which serves for all of the 4 template calls??



XML CODE SNIPPET:
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<Report>
  <CasePacketRequest>
    <ReqPriority></ReqPriority>
    <Priority>
        <PriorityList value="E">Expedited</PriorityList>
        <PriorityList value="S">Standard</PriorityList>
    </Priority>
    <ReqMedium></ReqMedium>
    <Medium>
        <MediumList value="F">Fax</MediumList>
        <MediumList value="M">Mail</MediumList>
    </Medium>
  </CasePacketRequest>
  <CasePacketResponse>
    <ResPriority></ResPriority>
    <Priority>
        <PriorityList value="E">Expedited</PriorityList>
        <PriorityList value="S">Standard</PriorityList>
    </Priority>
    <ResMedium></ResMedium>
    <Medium>
        <MediumList value="F">Fax</MediumList>
        <MediumList value="M">Mail</MediumList>
    </Medium>
  </CasePacketResponse>
</Report>


XSL CODE SNIPPET:
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<select name="selectPriority" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketRequest/Priority/PriorityList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectMedium" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
    <option value="">--- Select ---</option>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketRequest/Medium/MediumList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectPriority" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketResponse/Priority/PriorityList"/>
</select>

<select name="selectMedium" class="bodytext" onChange="changeOption(selectedIndex)">
    <option value="">--- Select ---</option>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="CasePacketResponse/Medium/MediumList"/>
</select>


<xsl:template match="Priority/PriorityList">
    <option><xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
            </xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:if test="../ReqPriority=@value">
                <xsl:attribute name="selected" />
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
    </option>
</xsl:template >

<xsl:template match="Medium/MediumList">
    <option><xsl:attribute name="value"><xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
            </xsl:attribute>
            <xsl:if test="../ReqMedium=@value">
                <xsl:attribute name="selected" />
             </xsl:if>
            <xsl:value-of select="."/>
    </option>
</xsl:template >

The template match="Priority/PriorityList" matches all four of your PriorityList elements. It will be invoked to process them provided that (a) the elements are selected for processing in an xsl:apply-templates call, and (b) there is no higher-priority template rule that matches those elements.

I'm not sure what you mean by the second part of your question. It might help to show your current code and explain whether or not it does what you expect.

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