tshad wrote:

> If it decides which one to choose, why if you have the pattern:
> 
> <xsl:template match="FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(), 'SCMCOMMENTS')]">
> 
> does it know to use this one:
> 
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="FORMS/FORM/FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(),
> 'SCMCOMMENTS')]"/>
> 
> They aren't the same - but they are similar.  Why did you leave FORMS/FORM/ 
> off of the template but not the apply-template?

Well with the apply-templates you need to select the nodes you want to 
be processed and inside the 'REPORT' element template you want to 
process FORMS/FORM/FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(),'SCMCOMMENTS')].
If you did just
   <xsl:apply-templates select="FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(), 
'SCMCOMMENTS')]"/>
then that would not work as the 'REPORT' elements has no 'FIELDS' 
element children at all.

The pattern given in match attribute of xsl:template can be shorter, you 
just need to make sure your patterns precisely match what you want to 
process and in that case it suffices to give the parent 
match="FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(), 'SCMCOMMENTS')]".
If you want you can author that as
   <xsl:template match="FORMS/FORM/FIELDS/*[starts-with(name(),
'SCMCOMMENTS')]">
but for your input document it is not necessary and not different in the 
result.


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