Thanks!

"Anthony Jones" <Ant@y...> wrote in message 
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> "RedHair" <redhair@u...> wrote in message
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>> Hi Anthony,
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>> This is like applying template recursively?
>> Can you explain select="@* | * | node()"  to me?
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> @* select all attributes in an element.
> * selects all child elements
> node() selects any other node
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> The | is effectively a union operator so
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> @* | * | node()
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> selects everything possible inside an XML element.
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>>This is like applying template recursively?
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> Yes.  As soon as apply-templates is used the possibility of the template
> which calls it being called again is always present.  So unlike procedural
> languages where recursion is often thought of as special case or advanced
> techinique, recursion in XSL is quite natural and common.
>
> This template:-
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> <xsl:template match="/ | @* | * | node()">
>  <xsl:copy>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="@* | * | node()"/>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
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> is known as the identity template and will output the same XML that was
> input.
>
> The template I used in my answer is similar expect I removed the 
> superflous
> match to the root /  and placed a mode on it to limit it's effect to the
> intended use.
>
> Anthony.
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> Anthony
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