Got you and thx for the explaination.
But now i have one question i have an XML below and an XSL to format it..
My problem is i'm using the TreeView WebControl to populate a Menu based on
the XML and XSL
so 'm using XML as the Datasource..
But i'm having some small isssues with my XSLT formatting because 'm trying
to format the XSL to have hyperlinks..
The hyperlink appears but no data is displayed

This is the part below where i have the problem the links appear but no data
is displayed
the value -of select doesn't seem to find the submenu node..
Any help what 'm doing wrong..

The XML the TreeViewMenu produces looks like this:-
 <TreeNode Text="" NavigateUrl="" target=""/>


<treenode>
<xsl:attribute name="NavigateURL">

<xsl:attribute name="text">
<xsl:value-of select="submenu" />
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute name="Target">_blank</xsl:attribute>

</xsl:attribute>

</treenode>



I have an XML:-
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
<root>
  <record>
    <aid>1</aid>
    <title>No Data</title>
    <submenu>No Data</submenu>
    <submenu1>http://gig/gig.aspx</submenu1>
  </record>
  <record>
    <aid>2</aid>
    <title>test</title>
    <submenu>test</submenu>
    <submenu1>test</submenu1>
  </record>
<record>
    <aid>3</aid>
    <title>test1</title>
    <submenu>test1</submenu>
    <submenu1>test1</submenu1>
  </record>
</root>

And an XSL:-
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version='1.0'>
  <xsl:template match="/root">
    <TREENODES>
      <xsl:for-each select="record">

     <treenode>
          <xsl:attribute name="text">
            <xsl:value-of select="title" />
          </xsl:attribute>

         <treenode>
            <xsl:attribute name="text">

<xsl:value-of select="submenu" />
  </xsl:attribute>

</treenode>


      <treenode>
            <xsl:attribute name="text">
<xsl:value-of select="submenu" />
            </xsl:attribute>
          </treenode>

<treenode>
<xsl:attribute name="NavigateURL">

<xsl:attribute name="text">
<xsl:value-of select="submenu" />
</xsl:attribute>

<xsl:attribute name="Target">_blank</xsl:attribute>

</xsl:attribute>

</treenode>
</treenode>
</xsl:for-each>

</TREENODES>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>



"Dimitre Novatchev" <x@y...> wrote in message
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>
> "Patrick.O.Ige" <naijacoder@h...> wrote in message
> news:O6LinHwlFHA.2860@T......
> > Whats the Difference between XSL and XPath?
> > And is XQuery the same as Xpath
> >
> >
>
> I guess by XSL you mean XSLT?
>
> These are three different languages.
>
> XPath is an expression language (defining XPath expressions) used to
> identify either a set of nodes belonging to one or more xml documents or
> just a value of a simple type such as an integer.
>
> XPath is imbedded in both XSLT and XQuery. In those languages it serves
the
> role of node-set identification (selection). Both XSLT and XQuery have
also
> other functions, such as creating nodes and documents.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
>
>