Problem with xls: for-each

[HarshaB]

I have a small problem with xml and xsl. Starting in Dev, I have always tried to stay away but then I had no choice. I need to display a table of milestones (date + event), so I have my table with 2 columns "Event" and "Date". Nothing too difficult so far.

In fact my XML file is generated via a PHP function. The tags are inserted in the drive in code and content is provided by variables. It may not super clear, but my a priory .xml file has no problem (I indented myself after because it does not work if I did it in the PHP where I created my .xml):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="sheet.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<sheethl>
    <date>01-10-2009</date>
    <title><![CDATA[XSL3 - Design and milestones]]></title>
    <resp>Blabla</resp>
    <desc><![CDATA[Establishment of design.
Testing the new code level milestones (self-generation lines).]]></desc>
    <changes><![CDATA[* change1
* change2
* change3]]></changes>
    <ww><![CDATA[* Who
* When]]></ww>
    <milestones>
        <jde>
            <jdate>28-09-09</jdate>
            <jevent><![CDATA[event 1]]></jevent>
        </jde>
        <jde>
            <jdate>29-09-09</jdate>
            <jevent><![CDATA[event 2]]></jevent>
        </jde>
        <jde>
            <jdate>30-09-09</jdate>
            <jevent><![CDATA[event 3]]></jevent>
        </jde>
    </milestones>
    <fm><![CDATA[* FM1
* FM2
* FM3]]></fm>
    <ep><![CDATA[* EP1
* EP2
* EP3]]></ep>
</sheethl>

Let the file .xsl:
I created a template with appropriate milestones (in doubt): Code:

<xsl:template name="milestones" match="//milestones"> 
        <xsl:for-each select="//jde"> 
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <xsl:value-of select="//jevent"/> 
                </td>
                <td>
                    <xsl:value-of select="//jdate"/> 
                </td>
            </tr>
        </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

And here's the part of the file .xsl template where this individual is known and used:

<table id="milestones">
    <tr>
        <th>Event</th>
        <th>Date</th>
    </tr>
    <xsl:call-template name="milestones"/>
</table>

All this gives me:

Event Date

Event 1 28-09-09
Event 1 28-09-09
Event 1 28-09-09

Show me in places in lines 2 and 3: "event 2" and "event 3" and "29-09-09" and "30-09-09" column for "Date"

Do you have an idea?

[Reegan]

must instead use current () to reference the current element in your loop:

<tr>
    <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="current()/jevent"/>
    </td>
    <td>
        <xsl:value-of select="current()/jdate"/>
    </td>
</tr>

[absolute55]

If you remove the // before jde, jevent and jdate it works any better?

@ Reegan

It serves little purpose. I'm almost over (I have not tested) you can also remove the // before jde. Good but in your case it changes little because you have a milestone, but otherwise it would make things weird.

[HarshaB]

If I tried to remove the // before jde but nothing appears.

[absolute55]

Yes, I had not seen you call your template by its name, suddenly your match = "//milestones" it is useless

but it would be cleaner to do:

<xsl:for-each select="/sheethl/milestones">  (or "//milestones" if you really prefer) 
    <xsl:call-template name="milestones"/>
</xsl:for-each>

and

<xsl: template name="milestones"> 
<xsl: for -each select="jde"> 
... 
</ xsl: for-each> 
</ xsl: template>