<xsl:template match="hcl:ShipmentOrder"> <xsl:for-each select="hcl:Packages/hcl:Package"> <xsl:value-of select="../../hcl:OrderID"/>, <xsl:value-of select="hcl:TrackingNumber"/>, <xsl:for-each select="hcl:Items/hcl:Item"> <xsl:value-of select="hcl:SKU"/>, <xsl:value-of select="hcl:Qty"/> <xsl:if test="not(position()=last())">|</xsl:if> </xsl:for-each> <xsl:text> </xsl:text> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> He was mixing a little imperative (the for-each ) with the declarative, and he didn't care. It was his solution.
He slapped his desk. he yelled. His cat, Loki, fell off the couch. Leo added a sticky note to his monitor: You are always somewhere. Know where. udemy xslt
The client’s XML had a default namespace: xmlns="urn:healthcare-logistics-45b" . Leo had been ignoring it. Suddenly, his select="ShipmentOrder" returned nothing. Zero nodes. His perfect XPath was blind. he yelled
Leo laughed, cracked open a beer, and added "XSLT" to his LinkedIn profile. He was no longer a data plumber. He was a lumberjack. And it was a good day. Know where
He uploaded the XSLT to the production mapper, ran a test with a real 500MB XML file, and watched it transform in 2.3 seconds. His boss, Sarah, pinged him on Slack. Sarah: "Did you get the XSLT working?" Leo: "Yeah. It's done." Sarah: "You learned XSLT in a weekend?" Leo: "I had a good instructor." He closed his laptop, looked at the sticky note on his monitor – You are always somewhere. Know where. – and smiled. He opened Udemy one last time. A notification popped up.