Trying to output an xml file with xsl

[DonMiche]

I'm having trouble producing an xml output from another xml file using xsl. The proper values are output to the browser as text with no formating or xml tags (<rowset> and <row>).

Any ideas?

(The xml source is available below)

Here is my xsl:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> <xslutput method="xml" indent="yes"/> <xsl:template match="ProductInfo"> <rowset> <xsl:for-each select="Details"> <row> <ProductName> <xsl:value-of select="ProductName"/> </ProductName> <Asin> <xsl:value-of select="Asin"/> </Asin> <Catalog> <xsl:value-of select="Catalog"/> </Catalog> <ReleaseDate> <xsl:value-of select="ReleaseDate"/> </ReleaseDate> <ImageUrlSmall> <xsl:value-of select="ImageUrlSmall"/> </ImageUrlSmall> <ListPrice> <xsl:value-of select="ListPrice"/> </ListPrice> </row> </xsl:for-each> </rowset> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>

(Here is my source xml)

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="amazon.xsl"?>
<ProductInfo>
<Details
url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0380977427</Asin> <ProductName>Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>23 September, 2003</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>William Morrow</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380977427.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380977427.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380977427.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$27.95</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$19.01</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$16.92</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0060523875</Asin> <ProductName>The System of the World : Volume Three of The Baroque Cycle</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>21 September, 2004</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>William Morrow</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060523875.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060523875.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060523875.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Not yet published</Availability> <ListPrice>$27.95</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$19.56</OurPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0553380958</Asin> <ProductName>Snow Crash</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>NEAL STEPHENSON</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>02 May, 2000</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Bantam </Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380958.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380958.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380958.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$14.00</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$11.20</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$4.99</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0060512806</Asin> <ProductName>Cryptonomicon</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>05 November, 2002</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Avon</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060512806.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060512806.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060512806.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$7.99</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$7.99</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$3.95</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0060599340</Asin> <ProductName>The Confusion LTD</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>01 October, 2004</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>William Morrow</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060599340.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060599340.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060599340.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Not yet released.</Availability> <ListPrice>$200.00</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$136.00</OurPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0553380966</Asin> <ProductName>The Diamond Age : Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>02 May, 2000</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Bantam </Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380966.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380966.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553380966.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$13.95</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$11.16</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$6.45</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0380815931</Asin> <ProductName>In the Beginning...was the Command Line</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>09 November, 1999</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Avon</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380815931.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380815931.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380815931.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$10.00</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$8.00</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$3.50</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>1576752402</Asin> <ProductName>The Referral of a Lifetime: The Networking System that Produces Bottom-Line Results . . . Every Day!</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Timothy L. Templeton</Author> <Author>Lynda Rutledge Stephenson</Author> <Author>Tim Templeton</Author> <Author>Kenneth H. Blanchard</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>May, 2003</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Berrett-Koehler Pub</Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1576752402.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1576752402.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1576752402.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>THIS TITLE IS CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE. If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available.</Availability> <ListPrice>$19.95</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$13.97</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$14.64</UsedPrice> </Details> <Details url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...?dev-t=D3EE7PA4A5L11O&camp=2025&link_code=xm2"> <Asin>0553573861</Asin> <ProductName>Zodiac</ProductName> <Catalog>Book</Catalog> <Authors> <Author>Neal Stephenson</Author> </Authors> <ReleaseDate>01 June, 1995</ReleaseDate> <Manufacturer>Bantam </Manufacturer>

<ImageUrlSmall>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553573861.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlSmall>

<ImageUrlMedium>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553573861.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlMedium>

<ImageUrlLarge>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553573861.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg</ImageUrlLarge> <Availability>Usually ships within 24 hours</Availability> <ListPrice>$7.50</ListPrice> <OurPrice>$7.50</OurPrice> <UsedPrice>$3.95</UsedPrice> </Details> </ProductInfo>

 

[Martin Honnen]

I'm having trouble producing an xml output from another xml file using xsl. The proper values are output to the browser as text with no formating or xml tags (<rowset> and <row>).

Well, what do you expect a browser to do, it is XML that you produce and if you do not associate a CSS stylesheet with the XML the browser won't do more than rendering the content of text nodes

 

[Andy Dingley]

I'm having trouble producing an xml output from another xml file using xsl. The proper values are output to the browser as text with no formating or xml tags (<rowset> and <row>).

Works for me. However if you do this in a raw browser (I suspect you're doing the transform client-side, using that <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="amazon.xsl"?> at the top) then you're not generating any HTML. The browser will ignore the tags it doesn't recognise and just give you the text content -- which is what it is doing, and about all you can expect of it.

What are you trying to do here ? Make HTML for a browser, or make XML for something else that knows how to handle it ? (in which case, a browser is the wrong diagnostic tool - try doing transforms on the server)