Re: [xsl] suprised by <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

Hi Gerry,

At 03:08 PM 8/6/01, you wrote:
>Why did I get
><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000">
>instead of
><td>colspan="2" bgcolor="#CC0000"
>?????

because when you said <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/> the processor recognizes 
you are copying attribute nodes, and attribute nodes can only exist on 
element nodes, so that's where it puts them. When serialized, the element 
node with its associated attribute nodes gets written <td colspan="2" 
bgcolor="#CC0000">.

Remember, it's nodes we're processing not strings!

The <xsl:attribute> instruction works the same way. Notice that it's an 
error in your stylesheet to say <xsl:attribute> or <xsl:copy-of 
select="@*"> (both of which create attribute nodes) *after* instructions to 
put child nodes of the element into the tree.

Cheers,
Wendell


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