"billdebug" <william.delaney@d...> wrote in message 
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> 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 
> news:%23TzTbeREGHA.344@T......
>> "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
>>
>
>

<xsl:template match="event">
<xsl:for-each select="*">
  <tr><th><xsl:value-of select="local-name()" /></th><td><xsl:value-of 
select="." /></td></tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

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Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)

https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8AA9D5F5-E1C2-44C7-BCE8-8741D22D17A5