Re: Need help with XSL to get output.xml (pointers to resources)

[Da...@lotus.com]

Shailendra Majmundar writes:
>Apologies if this is not the right place to discuss this.
It's not. See below for better places. I see that you've already
posed the question on xsl-list, which is a better list for
generic XSL questions.

>I need help generating output.xml using the given two
>input xml files.
This is not always as obvious as it may seem. One of the two
is probably the primary input in the sense that you want one
"main" output element (a bill, say) for every "main" input
element (<current_charges>) in the primary. But we don't
know whether this outfit might want to mail something to
every <customer> in the customer list every month, in which
case the customer list would be the primary. That's just
one aspect of why showing the desired output isn't enough
information.

RESOURCES TO USE:
1. There is now one book on XSLT, "XSLT Programmer's
Reference" by Michael Kay.

2. You can find helpful techniques in this FAQ...
http://www.dpawson.co.uk
Follow the link to the XSL FAQ. I suggest that you bookmark the
FAQ and use it before you use the lists and their archives.

3. Mulberry Technologies maintains xsl-list and there is a
list-archive index, which should be used before sending your
question to the list.
http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list/index.html

4. As another resource, consider looking in the archives of the
comp.text.xml newsgroup, presumably archived by DejaNews.
XSLT/XPath questions are often asked and answered there.
.................David Marston