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Old June 11th, 2008, 12:56 AM
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Default Unable to show XML using XSLT

Hello

I have a problem using XSLT..I want to show my XML file using XSLT.
But, it does not work. Here is my XML file (description2.xml):

<form>
    <description>
        <desc_id>048/26/SMD/HRD/9/00</desc_id>
        <title>Kebijakan2</title>
        <dates>3/21/1999</dates>
        <author>Smart Co</author>
        <file_name>Policy2</file_name>
        <type>pdf</type>
        <category>memorandum</category>
        <sub_cat1>tidak_berlaku</sub_cat1>
        <sub_cat2>1983</sub_cat2>
    </description>
</form>

Here is my XSL file(description2.xsl):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<xsl:transform version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

<xsl:template match="/">
  <html>
  <body>
    <h2>Document Description</h2>
    <table border="1">
    <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">
      <th align="left">No. Surat</th>
      <th align="left">Title</th>
      <th align="left">Date</th>
      <th align="left">Author</th>
      <th align="left">File Name</th>
      <th align="left">File Type</th>
      <th align="left">Status</th>
      <th align="left">Year</th>
    </tr>
    <xsl:for-each select="form/description">
    <tr>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="desc_id"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="dates"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="author"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="file_name"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="type"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="sub_cat1"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="sub_cat2"/></td>
    </tr>
    </xsl:for-each>
    </table>
  </body>
  </html>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Here is my ASP code to load XML and XSL(show_xsl.asp):
<html>
<head>
<script>
function loadXMLDoc(fname)
{
var xmlDoc;
// code for IE
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
  }
// code for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.
else if (document.implementation
&& document.implementation.createDocument)
  {
  xmlDoc=document.implementation.createDocument(""," ",null);
  }
else
  {
  alert('Your browser cannot handle this script');
  }
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load(fname);
return(xmlDoc);
}

function displayResult()
{
xml=loadXMLDoc("description2.xml");
xsl=loadXMLDoc("description2.xsl");
// code for IE
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  ex=xml.transformNode(xsl);
  document.getElementById("example").innerHTML=ex;
  }
// code for Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, etc.
else if (document.implementation
&& document.implementation.createDocument)
  {
  xsltProcessor=new XSLTProcessor();
  xsltProcessor.importStylesheet(xsl);
  resultDocument = xsltProcessor.transformToFragment(xml,document);
  document.getElementById("example").appendChild(res ultDocument);
  }
}
</script>
</head>
<body id="example" onLoad="displayResult()">
</body>
</html>

When I run show_xsl.asp , it shows an error..This is an error:
"The stylesheet does not contain a document element. The stylesheet may be empty, or it may not be a well-formed XML document."

 
Old June 11th, 2008, 02:05 AM
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Your transform is not well-formed, it uses xsl:transform as the opening tag and xsl:stylesheet as the closing tag. You can use either form but they must match. Although xsl:transform is arguably the more logically named of the two you will find that most people and examples use xsl:stylesheet.

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Old June 11th, 2008, 03:50 AM
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>Your transform is not well-formed

Well spotted, Joe, I was struggling with that one!

I would strongly recommend developing XSLT stylesheets in a free-standing environment (for example, Stylus Studio, XML Spy, oXygen, or Kernow with Saxon) before you deploy them in a web server or web browser. You will find the diagnostics much more helpful.

Michael Kay
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Old June 12th, 2008, 07:24 AM
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by mhkay
 >Your transform is not well-formed

Well spotted, Joe, I was struggling with that one!

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference
Another item to cross off my things-to-do-before-you-die list, I answered an XSLT query that Michael Kay struggled with :)

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