Joe,
thanks, the <th> tag solves part of my problem. I should have been more 
clear.
I want to dynamically pick up the row header by reading the xml element 
name. I tried using an xsl:element structure in my xslt but that did not 
work.
So, what would I put between the <th> to read the element name?
I can of course use the hardcoded values as you showed me below. That works, 
but I would prefer to read the xml element in case there are changes, or if 
I add more fields. Come to think of it, I have not even thought of looping 
through my elements fields till now.

anyway, thanks for this quick answer.

"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
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> "billdebug" <william.delaney@d...> wrote in message 
> news:eYSp43KEGHA.2648@T......
>>I have some xml data in the form:
>>
>>    <event>
>>        <Location>Amsterdam</Location>
>>        <RequestType>Blue</RequestType>
>>        <Severity>Critical</Severity>
>>    </event>
>>
>> I can use xslt to produce table with elements in event node horizontal, 
>> but what I want to achieve is:
>>
>> Location: Amsterdam
>> RequestType: Blue
>> Severity: Critical
>>
>> to display in the html table. Having trouble understanding how to 
>> tranpose the elements to this columnar arrangment.
>>
>
> Not sure if my newsreader has interpreted this correctly but, assuming you 
> have your <table>e lement something like:
>
> <xsl:template match="event">
>  <tr><th>Location:</th><td><xsl:value-of select="Location" /></td></tr>
>  <tr><th>RequestType:</th><td><xsl:value-of select="RequestType" 
> /></td></tr>
>  <tr><th>Severity:</th><td><xsl:value-of select="Severity" /></td></tr>
> </xsl:template>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8AA9D5F5-E1C2-44C7-BCE8-8741D22D17A5
>