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RE: XSL puzzle
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] XSL puzzle
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:06:57 -0000
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
> Pl. help me find why the xsl would not work for the given xml.
> Thanks.
>
> <xslt:template match="customer">
<!-- lots of stuff -->
> <!-- File Systems for the customer -->
>
> <!-- More (nested) File systems -->
> <xslt:apply-templates select="/customer/filesystem"/>
>
> <!-- More (nested) Customers
> <xslt:apply-templates select="/customer"/>
> -->
> <!-- More Customers -->
> <xsl:apply-templates />
>
> <xslt:text>
 </xslt:text>
>
> </xslt:template>
>
Well that looks like an infinite recursion to me. While processing any
customer, you are asking it to process the top-level customer ("/customer").
The comment suggests that you really want "select='customer'"
Mike Kay
Software AG
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