Hello,

I am stuck trying to apply the following logic to the below xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<Collection>
<Book Id='1' Locator='Yes'>
<Title>Principle of Relativity</Title>
<Author>Albert Einstein</Author>
<Genre>Physics</Genre>
</Book>
<Book Id='2'>
<Title>Cosmos</Title>
<Author>Carl Sagan</Author>
<Genre>Cosmology</Genre>
</Book>
</Collection>

Read the "Locator" attribute from the Book element, in case it is "Yes"
.....delete the entire book element, so that the o/p now looks like:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
<Collection>
<Book Id='2'>
<Title>Cosmos</Title>
<Author>Carl Sagan</Author>
<Genre>Cosmology</Genre>
</Book>
</Collection>

It would be very helpful if somebody can provide a little code on how to
achieve this?

Thanks.

Gaurav wrote:


With XSLT you can use the identity transformation plus a template
preventing that Book[@Locator = 'Yes'] is being processed e.g.

<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
version="1.0">

<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="Book[@Locator = 'Yes']"/>

</xsl:stylesheet>

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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

Thanks Martin. I am fairly new to xml transformation etc.... so transforming
the input xml file against the code you mentioned below would do the trick?


"Martin Honnen" wrote:

Gaurav wrote:
Yes. With the .NET framework 2.0 or later use
System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform to perform the transformation.

--

Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

I am using .NET framework 1.1.

I transformed the file against the .xslt and the result is:
Carl SaganCosmology

What is required to get the following result:
<Collection>
<Book Id='2'>
<Title>Cosmos</Title>
<Author>Carl Sagan</Author>
<Genre>Cosmology</Genre>
</Book>
</Collection>

Thanks a lot for all your help.

"Martin Honnen" wrote:

Gaurav wrote:
Then you need to use System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform.

I don't understand why you would get that result, unless you run the
transformation inside of a browser which then renders the contents of
elements in the result document.
Please tell us how you run the transformation and how you look at the
result.


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Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/