Thanks, thanks, and thanks!
I just know I'll have time to plow through a good XSLT reference this 
weekend...

"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
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> "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 
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>>> "billdebug" <william.delaney@d...> wrote in message 
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>>>>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>
>
> -- 
>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=8AA9D5F5-E1C2-44C7-BCE8-8741D22D17A5
>
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