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[Wylbur]

Hi all;I have been examining the XSLT example given on this website:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><catalog>	<cd>		<title>Empire Burlesque</title>		<artist>Bob Dylan</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Columbia</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1985</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Hide your heart</title>		<artist>Bonnie Tyler</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>CBS Records</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1988</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Greatest Hits</title>		<artist>Dolly Parton</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>RCA</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1982</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Still got the blues</title>		<artist>Gary Moore</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Virgin records</company>		<price>10.20</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Eros</title>		<artist>Eros Ramazzotti</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>BMG</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1997</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>One night only</title>		<artist>Bee Gees</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1998</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Sylvias Mother</title>		<artist>Dr.Hook</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>CBS</company>		<price>8.10</price>		<year>1973</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Maggie May</title>		<artist>Rod Stewart</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Pickwick</company>		<price>8.50</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Romanza</title>		<artist>Andrea Bocelli</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>10.80</price>		<year>1996</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>When a man loves a woman</title>		<artist>Percy Sledge</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Atlantic</company>		<price>8.70</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Black angel</title>		<artist>Savage Rose</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Mega</company>		<price>10.90</price>		<year>1995</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>1999 Grammy Nominees</title>		<artist>Many</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Grammy</company>		<price>10.20</price>		<year>1999</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>For the good times</title>		<artist>Kenny Rogers</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Mucik Master</company>		<price>8.70</price>		<year>1995</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Big Willie style</title>		<artist>Will Smith</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Columbia</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1997</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Tupelo Honey</title>		<artist>Van Morrison</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Polydor</company>		<price>8.20</price>		<year>1971</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Soulsville</title>		<artist>Jorn Hoel</artist>		<country>Norway</country>		<company>WEA</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1996</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>The very best of</title>		<artist>Cat Stevens</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Island</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1990</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Stop</title>		<artist>Sam Brown</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>A and M</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1988</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Bridge of Spies</title>		<artist>T`Pau</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Siren</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Private Dancer</title>		<artist>Tina Turner</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>Capitol</company>		<price>8.90</price>		<year>1983</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Midt om natten</title>		<artist>Kim Larsen</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Medley</company>		<price>7.80</price>		<year>1983</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Pavarotti Gala Concert</title>		<artist>Luciano Pavarotti</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>DECCA</company>		<price>9.90</price>		<year>1991</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>The dock of the bay</title>		<artist>Otis Redding</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>Atlantic</company>		<price>7.90</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Picture book</title>		<artist>Simply Red</artist>		<country>EU</country>		<company>Elektra</company>		<price>7.20</price>		<year>1985</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Red</title>		<artist>The Communards</artist>		<country>UK</country>		<company>London</company>		<price>7.80</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd>	<cd>		<title>Unchain my heart</title>		<artist>Joe Cocker</artist>		<country>USA</country>		<company>EMI</company>		<price>8.20</price>		<year>1987</year>	</cd></catalog>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>  <h2>My CD Collection</h2>	<table border="1">	  <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">		<th>Title</th>		<th>Artist</th>	  </tr>	  <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd[artist='Bob Dylan']">	  <tr>		<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>		<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>	  </tr>	  </xsl:for-each>	</table>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

My question is: What if I wanted to return a result set withall of the artists that start with the letter 'B'?Would I use the "starts-with" function?If so, then what would be the proper format?THANKS!!!

[Wylbur]

I've answered my own question.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><!-- Edited by XMLSpy® --><xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"><xsl:template match="/">  <html>  <body>  <h2>My CD Collection</h2>	<table border="1">	  <tr bgcolor="#9acd32">		<th>Title</th>		<th>Artist</th>	  </tr>	  <xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd"><xsl:if test="starts-with(artist,'B')">	  <tr>		<td><xsl:value-of select="title"/></td>		<td><xsl:value-of select="artist"/></td>	  </tr></xsl:if>	  </xsl:for-each>	</table>  </body>  </html></xsl:template></xsl:stylesheet>

Thanks for reading.

[Martin Honnen]

You don't need the nested xsl: if at all, you can simply add a predicate expression to your select expression e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd[starts-with(artist, 'B')]">  <tr>...</tr></xsl:for-each>

[Wylbur]

You don't need the nested xsl: if at all, you can simply add a predicate expression to your select expression e.g.

<xsl:for-each select="catalog/cd[starts-with(artist, 'B')]">  <tr>...</tr></xsl:for-each>

Hi Martin;For some reason, that didn't work for me the first time I tried it,but it seems to be working now. I've no idea as to what it wasthat I was doing wrong.THANKS for the response!!!