Brief Understanding

[Guest samuelll]

Just started with XLS and I have this code, which I think suppose to copy every node to the output file. But I am really not sure...

<!-- Copies everything? But it doesn't?? --> <!-- Matches any element node --><xsl:template match="*">  <xsl:copy>    <!-- Matches any attribute node -->    <xsl:for-each select="@*">      <xsl:copy/>    </xsl:for-each>    <xsl:apply-templates/>  </xsl:copy></xsl:template>

[boen_robot]

Well... if that's the only template you have... it should... if it doesn't, try to add

<xsl:template match="/"><xsl:apply-templates/></xsl:template>

If it's not the only template, keep in mind that more specific teplates will override this template. For example, if you also have:

<xsl:template match="b"><strong><xsl:apply-templates/></strong></xsl:template>

you'll copy all nodes, expect "b" elements, which would instead be turned into "strong" elements.