Hello:

I am a novice to XSLT. Actually, this is my first try at it.

Problem 1:
In my XML document, I have two elements:

<receivedateformat>102</receivedateformat>
<receivedate>20080401</receivedate>

Depending on the value of the receivedateformat, I would like to display receivedate in multiple formats.

In the above example, I would like to format it as 04/01/2008.

Problem 2:
Another element I have is <serious>1</serious>. I would like to transform value to a more meaningful text. In this example, the "1" will have to translated to say "Yes".

Can somebody tell me how I can do this?

venki

Venki

I am using XML SPY's Stylesheet Designer to create the XSLT.

I see the following fragment:

<xsl:for-each select="messageformatversion">
     <xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:for-each>

I guess the <xsl:apply-templates /> is responsible for plaing the value of messageformatversion on the pag that is being generated?

Venki

Venki

Well you probably want to start by investigating the xsl:if instruction.

A good web site to start reading up on these things is http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/default.asp

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

It's not a good idea to post three unrelated questions on the same forum thread. It just gets everyone confused.

You do say you're a novice, but you don't say what you have read and what you have tried, so it's very hard to see where you are stuck and what it is that you haven't yet understood. To be honest, your posts give the impression that you haven't yet done much reading or study of the language. I would recommend that your first step in learning any new language should be to spend four hours with a good book; after that, you can start asking questions about the things you haven't understood.

Michael Kay
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Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference