hi,
Interesting.....It worked.

In the apply templates below
  <xsl:template match="/"> 
<Message> <xsl:apply-templates /></Message>
</xsl:template> 

If I change the expression for match to /A/B//C instead of / ie,similar to the match express
ion in the next rule then
it wont work.
Why is it so?
A/B//C means match C or all its descendants and then apply the templates.
So what is preventing the tag from being displayed?
 thanks
  Samuel Abraham



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From: chris@bayes.co.uk@[...].com on 12/20/2001 08:58 AM GMT

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Subject:  RE: [xsl] How to add a top level element to the result ?


What about
<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"> 
<xsl:template match="/"> 
<Message> <xsl:apply-templates /></Message>
</xsl:template> 
<xsl:template match="/A/B//C"> 
<xsl:element name="{@attr1}"> 
<xsl:apply-templates /> 
<xsl:value-of select="@attr2"/> 
</xsl:element> 
</xsl:template> 
<xsl:template match="T"/> 
</xsl:stylesheet> 

Ciao Chris

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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: owner-xsl-list@[...].com
>  [mailto:owner-xsl-list@[...].com] On Behalf Of
>  Samuel Abraham
>  Sent: 20 December 2001 08:31
>  To: xsl-list@[...].com
>  Subject: [xsl] How to add a top level element to the result ?
> 
> 
> 
>  Hi all,
>  I have a xml file
>  <A>
>    <B>
>      <C attr1="c" attr2="12" />
>      <C attr1="d" >
>          <C attr1="f" attr2="15"/>
>      </C>
>      <C attr1="e" attr2="14" />
>      <T attr1="t"  attr2="16" />
>     </B>
>  </A>
> 
>   and applied 2 rules
> 
>    <xsl:template match="/A/B//C">
>      <xsl:element name="{@attr1}">
>         <xsl:apply-templates />
>               <xsl:value-of select="@attr2"/>
>             </xsl:element>
>    </xsl:template>
>    <xsl:template match="T"/>
> 
>  I need to add a top level element  to the result.
> 
>  eg:To add Message as a top level element.
> 
>  <Message>
>     <c>12</c>
>      <d>
>          <f>15</f>
>      </d>
>      <e>14</e>
>  </Message>
> 
>  Is it possible to do this?
> 
>   thanks
>    Samuel Abraham
> 
> 
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