Hi,

XML:


<richtext xmlns:sgx="http://www.lotus.com/dxl">
  <pardef id="2" leftmargin="1in" rightmargin="100%" keeptogether="true" />
  <par def="2">Name of director : Chan Siew Key Steven</par>
  <par def="2" />
  <par def="2">Date of notice to company : 23 September 1997</par>
  <par def="2" />
  <par def="2">Date of change of shareholding : 21 August 1997</par>
  <par def="2" />
  <par def="2">Name of registered holder : Chan Siew Key Steven</par>
  <par def="2" />
  <par def="2">Circumstance given rise to the change : Share option granted.</par>
  <par def="2" />
  <par def="2">No. of options of the change : 40,000</par>

</richtext>


xsl one :

<xsl:for-each select="par[@def='2']>
<xsl:value-of select="."></xsl:value-of>
<br />
</xsl:for-each>

xsl two:

<xsl:for-each select="par[@def='2']">
<xsl:value-of select="par[@def='2']"></xsl:value-of>
<br />
</xsl:for-each>

whats the difference between these two xsl's..
why xsl two doesnt give any out put ..i mean same like xsl one.


Thanks in advance..
Raj

You need to look up context node in a good XSLT reference. Inside the xsl:for-each you are already positioned on the par element so to access it you use the XPath '.' as in your first example. Your second version looks for par elements that are children of the already selected par element.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)