Troot wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I was wondering if someone could clear this up for me. I have
> constructed a sample for a bigger problem I'm having. So, given the xml
> file:
> 
> <?xml-stylesheet href="test.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
> <test>
>  <p><![CDATA[<b>This is bolded</b>]]></p>
> </test>

Read what the FAQ has to say about CDATA first:
http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/cdata/

> and the stylesheet:
> 
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> <xsl:template name="main" match="/">
> 	<all_screens>
> 		<xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="/test/p" />
> 	</all_screens>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> can some one tell me why the output is &lt;b&gt;This is
> bolded&llt;/b&gt; instead of <b>This is bolded</b> (which is what I
> thought disable-output-escaping is supposed to do)?
> 
> I've tried this with IE and Firefox and both make a mess of it.

Browsers don't support disable-output-escaping. I just ran the above
through Saxon and it produced:

<all_screens><b>This is bolded</b></all_screens>

But why go to all that bother? Why not just say

   <xsl:template match="/">
     <all_screens>
       <xsl:apply-templates select="/test/p"/>
     </all_screens>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="b">
     <b>
       <xsl:apply-templates/>
     </b>
   </xsl:template>

and remove the CDATA section?

///Peter


///Peter