Question: xml to csv via XSLT

[quant]

Guys,

I'm using XSLT to translate a XML file with the following structure to
CSV.

<AAA>
<BBB>
<CCC>
<BBB>
</BBB>
</CCC>
</BBB>
</AAA>

How do I specify a template to work on only the second level <BBB> but
not the deepest <BBB>?

I have to admit that this is my 2nd day using XSLT so this may sound
stupid.

-qt-

 

[Martin Honnen]

quant wrote:

I'm using XSLT to translate a XML file with the following structure to
CSV.

<AAA>
<BBB>
<CCC>
<BBB>
</BBB>
</CCC>
</BBB>
</AAA>

How do I specify a template to work on only the second level <BBB> but
not the deepest <BBB>?

You could use
<xsl:template match="AAA/BBB">
for instance to have a template for all <BBB> elements being a child of
an <AAA> element.
Or perhaps even
<xsl:template match="/AAA/BBB">
to have a template for all <BBB> elements being a child of the <AAA>
root element.

 

[Peter Flynn]

quant wrote:



You could use
<xsl:template match="AAA/BBB">
for instance to have a template for all <BBB> elements being a child of
an <AAA> element.
Or perhaps even
<xsl:template match="/AAA/BBB">
to have a template for all <BBB> elements being a child of the <AAA>
root element.

Or (looking at it another way), match="BBB[not(descendant::BBB)]" which
means any BBB provided it does not contain another BBB somewhere deeper.

///Peter