Don't display table part if element not present ????

[Patrick]

Hello and please forgive my newbieness,

Say I have one section of xml like this with 3 elements and the
following has 4 elements;

<deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
</deploy_info>
<deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
<datatype4>Seabird Microcat Data</datatype4>
<deploy_info>

And I have a table like such;

<table>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype1"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype2"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype3"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype4"/></td>
</tr>
</table>

Assuming I already know how to do the xsl:for-each. How or can I even
tell xsl to not display the <trthrough </trfor <datatype4if it is
the first group that is selected for writing?

Thanks for any ideas on this,
Patrick

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[Martin Honnen]

Patrick wrote:

<deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
</deploy_info>
<deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
<datatype4>Seabird Microcat Data</datatype4>
<deploy_info>

And I have a table like such;

<table>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype1"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype2"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype3"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype4"/></td>
</tr>
</table>

Assuming I already know how to do the xsl:for-each. How or can I even
tell xsl to not display the <trthrough </trfor <datatype4if it is
the first group that is selected for writing?

It might suffice to iterate over all child elements (XPath *) e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="deploy_info">
<table>
<tbody>
<xsl:for-each select="*">
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td></tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:for-each>

Then there is xsl:if e.g.

<xsl:if test="datatype4">
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="datatype4"/></td></tr>
</xsl:if>

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[Patrick]

Martin Honnen wrote:

Patrick wrote:

> <deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
</deploy_info>
<deploy_info>
<datatype1>ADCP Velocity measurements</datatype1>
<datatype2>ADCP Temperature</datatype2>
<datatype3>ADCP Performance Data</datatype3>
<datatype4>Seabird Microcat Data</datatype4>
<deploy_info>

And I have a table like such;

<table>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype1"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype2"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype3"/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><xsl:value-of select="datatype4"/></td>
</tr>
</table>

Assuming I already know how to do the xsl:for-each. How or can I even
tell xsl to not display the <trthrough </trfor <datatype4if it
is the first group that is selected for writing?

It might suffice to iterate over all child elements (XPath *) e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="deploy_info">
<table>
<tbody>
<xsl:for-each select="*">
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td></tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</tbody>
</table>
</xsl:for-each>

Then there is xsl:if e.g.

<xsl:if test="datatype4">
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="datatype4"/></td></tr>
</xsl:if>

Thanks for the pointer. That second one looks more intuitive to me. Is
there an advantage or disadvantage between the methods?

Patrick

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Patrick A. Smith Assistant System Administrator
Ocean Circulation Group – USF - College of Marine Science
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu Phone: [phone]

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was. - La Rochefoucauld

[Joe Kesselman]

the first group that is selected for writing?

I'm not entirely sure what that phrase is intended to mean in this
context. Could you give us a more specific example?

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[Patrick]

Joe Kesselman wrote:

>the first group that is selected for writing?

I'm not entirely sure what that phrase is intended to mean in this
context. Could you give us a more specific example?

Joe,

Doesn't matter now. I got it to work using an "if test=" told to me by
another poster. Thanks for asking though. I have to work on my xml
vocabulary so I can more clearly explain myself.

Patrick

--
Patrick A. Smith Assistant System Administrator
Ocean Circulation Group – USF - College of Marine Science
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu Phone: [phone]

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was. - La Rochefoucauld

[Joseph Kesselman]

Patrick wrote:

have to work on my xml
vocabulary so I can more clearly explain myself.

A useful technique is to include a (small!) specific example of what
you're starting with, what you want out -- and if you're asking for
debugging assistance -- a (small!) runnable stylesheet that demonstrates
the problem and its erroneous output. That way, if someone's confused by
the description they can look at the code.

--
Joe Kesselman / Beware the fury of a patient man. -- John Dryden

[Patrick]

Joseph Kesselman wrote:

Patrick wrote:

> have to work on my xml vocabulary so I can more clearly explain myself.

A useful technique is to include a (small!) specific example of what
you're starting with, what you want out -- and if you're asking for
debugging assistance -- a (small!) runnable stylesheet that demonstrates
the problem and its erroneous output. That way, if someone's confused by
the description they can look at the code.

I'm pretty sure I did with the original post. But thanks for the reminder.

Patrick

--
Patrick A. Smith Assistant System Administrator
Ocean Circulation Group – USF - College of Marine Science
http://ocgweb.marine.usf.edu Phone: [phone]

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
appreciates how difficult it was. - La Rochefoucauld