"Gerald Sheehan" <GeraldSheehan@d...> wrote in message 
news:39168787-ED20-481C-8378-6978B4017BF5@m......
> Hi Tom,
>
> The issue with the indents was most likely due to the fact the resulting 
> xml
> was not well-formed since there were 2 root tags which is illegal in xml.
>
> The reason behind the two root tags, is because you're matching "tag" and
> "address" and applying the templates after the first result, only to do it
> again on subsequent matches which in turns creates each additional dataset
> tag. The <xsl:apply-templates> element applies a template to the current
> element or to the current element's child nodes so you need to be at the
> parent tag to create the correct output. In your case, the second address 
> tag
> is created in the xpath location specified.
>
> You can actually watch how this result set is created in the XSL Debugger
> window of XMLSpy. You should check it out and change the xpath values to 
> get
> a better visual on why this occurs.
>
> I hope this helps!

It does.

I can't really afford XMLSpy but thanks,

Tom
> -- 
> Best regards,
>
> ... Jerry Sheehan
> ... Pre-Sales Engineer
> ... Altova, Inc.
> ... http://www.altova.com
>
> "tshad" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Gerald Sheehan" <GeraldSheehan@d...> wrote in 
>> message
>> news:11A0A01F-7FC0-4172-B280-7BABCAC0EB44@m......
>> > Hi Tom,
>> >
>> > Change one line from:
>> >
>> > <xsl:template match="address">
>> >
>> > To:
>> >
>> > <xsl:template match="/addresses">
>> >
>> > Should do the trick for you!
>>
>> Great.
>>
>> Worked perfectly whether I used 2 templates (tag and section/tag) or one
>> template(tag|section/tag).
>>
>> Why was it creating 2 roots in my setup?
>>
>> Also, do you know why were the indents not working completely?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> >
>> > I just checked this in XMLSpy,
>> > (http://www.altova.com/products/xmlspy/xml_editor.html), and got the
>> > results
>> > you're looking for.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > ... Jerry Sheehan
>> > ... http://www.xmlscoop.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "tshad" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am having problems with an xml file that has 2 different types of
>> >> structures:
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0"?>
>> >>    <addresses>
>> >>        <address>
>> >>            <tag name="street">One Microsoft Way</tag>
>> >>        </address>
>> >>       <address>
>> >>           <section Comp="1">
>> >>                 <tag name="street">15 Mako Place</tag>
>> >>           </section>
>> >>       </address>
>> >> </addresses>
>> >>
>> >> There is addresses/address/tag and address/address/section/tag.
>> >>
>> >> The xlst file is:
>> >>
>> >> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>> >> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>> >> 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>> >>    <xsl:template match="address">
>> >>        <dataset>
>> >>            <xsl:apply-templates/>
>> >>        </dataset>
>> >>    </xsl:template>
>> >>  <xsl:template match="tag">
>> >>        <address>
>> >>            <sectionNumber>
>> >>                0
>> >>            </sectionNumber>
>> >>           <name>
>> >>                 <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
>> >>             </name>
>> >>             <value>
>> >>                 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>> >>             </value>
>> >>        </address>
>> >>  </xsl:template>
>> >>  <xsl:template match="section/tag">
>> >>        <address>
>> >>           <sectionNumber>
>> >>                <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::section/@Comp"/>
>> >>          </sectionNumber>
>> >>           <name>
>> >>                 <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
>> >>             </name>
>> >>             <value>
>> >>                 <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>> >>             </value>
>> >>        </address>
>> >>  </xsl:template>
>> >> </xsl:stylesheet>
>> >>
>> >> If my xml had only one or the other types it would work fine.  But 
>> >> with
>> >> this
>> >> one I get 2 roots.
>> >>
>> >> What do I have to change to give me only one root (dataset) instead of 
>> >> 2?
>> >>
>> >> The resulting xml file is:
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
>> >>         <dataset 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>                 <address><sectionNumber>
>> >>                                 0
>> >>                         </sectionNumber><name>street</name><value>One
>> >> Microsoft
>> >> Way</value></address>
>> >>         </dataset>
>> >>         <dataset 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> <address><sectionNumber>1</sectionNumber><name>street</name><val
>> >> ue>15 Mako Place</value></address>
>> >>
>> >>         </dataset>
>> >>
>> >> If you look at it with the indents (not sure why it doesn't indent
>> >> properly
>> >> as I have indent set to yes.  Also you'll notice that the 
>> >> sectionNumber
>> >> that
>> >> I have hardcoded to 0 indents and the other one doesn't.
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
>> >>         <dataset 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>                 <address>
>> >>                         <sectionNumber>
>> >>                                 0
>> >>                         </sectionNumber>
>> >>                         <name>street</name>
>> >>                         <value>One Microsoft Way</value>
>> >>                  </address>
>> >>         </dataset>
>> >>         <dataset 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>                 <address>
>> >>                          <sectionNumber>1</sectionNumber>
>> >>                          <name>street</name>
>> >>                          <value>15 Mako Place</value>
>> >>                 </address>
>> >>         </dataset>
>> >>
>> >> What I really want it to look like is following (without the second
>> >> dataset).
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="IBM437"?>
>> >>         <dataset 
>> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>> >>                 <address>
>> >>                         <sectionNumber>
>> >>                                 0
>> >>                         </sectionNumber>
>> >>                         <name>street</name>
>> >>                         <value>One Microsoft Way</value>
>> >>                  </address>
>> >>                 <address>
>> >>                          <sectionNumber>1</sectionNumber>
>> >>                          <name>street</name>
>> >>                          <value>15 Mako Place</value>
>> >>                 </address>
>> >>         </dataset>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Tom
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>