(This is a guess.)

Try adding encoding="utf-8" in your <xsl:output /> element. Your XSL 
processor may default to UTF-16 if that attribute is not specified.


"Hennie" <ze1@h...> wrote in message 
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>
>
> Good Day,
> I have the XSL style sheet attached below.  Whenever I do a transformation 
> of an XML file the "UTF= 8" enconding is always changed to "UTF = 16". 
> Before I can use the transformed file I need to Edit it in Notepad.  The 
> rest of the transformed file works as a charm.  I assume it is something 
> small but I know to little to solve the problem.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Hennie
>
>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0" >
>
>   <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
>
> <!-- the key determines (here) what to group by -->
>   <xsl:key name="sample" match="sample" use="concat(sample_date_time, 
> cp_name, imis_cp_ext, dischg_sample_cd, sample_comment)" />
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>       <submission imis_company_code="0001843309" ws_name="ONTARIO POWER 
> GENERATION INC. -  LENNOX GS">
>           <xsl:apply-templates />
>       </submission>
>
> </xsl:template>
>   <xsl:template match="dataroot">
>       <!-- the actual 'group by' construct -->
>        <xsl:for-each select="sample[generate-id() = 
> generate-id(key('sample',concat(sample_date_time, cp_name, imis_cp_ext, 
> dischg_sample_cd, sample_comment))[1])]">
>           <xsl:copy>
>               <!-- date-time must become an attribute -->
>               <xsl:apply-templates select="sample_date_time | cp_name | 
> imis_cp_ext | dischg_sample_cd | sample_comment"/>
>
>  <!-- find all samples with equal date time -->
>               <xsl:apply-templates select="key('sample', 
> concat(sample_date_time, cp_name, imis_cp_ext, dischg_sample_cd, 
> sample_comment))" />
>           </xsl:copy>
>       </xsl:for-each>
>   </xsl:template>
>   <!-- match the sample's that are grouped -->
>   <xsl:template match="sample">
>       <result>
>
>  <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::sample_date_time or 
> self::cp_name or self::imis_cp_ext or self::dischg_sample_cd or 
> self::sample_comment)]" />
>
>       </result>
>   </xsl:template>
>
>   <!-- any direct child of 'sample' must be turned into an attribute -->
>   <xsl:template match="sample/*">
>       <xsl:attribute name="{name()}">
>           <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>       </xsl:attribute>
>   </xsl:template>
>