[skalie]

This has been taking too long for what is probably dead simple.....

Code:
    <xsl:for-each select="bla/*">
    <tr>
      <td><xsl:value-of select="field[@lang='en']"/></td>
    </tr>
    </xsl:for-each>

This is returning data where the 'lang' attribute is 'en'. i.e. <field lang="en">

What I would like is to also get data if no 'lang' attribute has been set. i.e. <field>

[larkost]

There are a bunch of ways of doing it... try this:

Code:
[not(@lang)]

and in case you were looking to catch both cases at once:

Code:
field[@lang='en']|field[not(@lang)]

I have not used this in a select statement, but in if clauses....

[skalie]

That worked a treat, Larkost, and you also added intuitively the extra code which I was needing. That was to get default data when no language had been set, thanks a lot.

Had been Googling for an hour for that or so without success, either my Google skills have started to fade or there is little documentation out there of XSL syntax, maybe time to buy a book.

Next problem, however. How do I add a hyperlink?

If I place...

Code:
<a href='<xsl:value-of select="url"/>'><xsl:value-of select="link"/></a>

in the xsl file it throws an error, and if I use this syntax in the xml file...

Code:
<a href="http://www.blabla.com">Bla Bla</a>

....I get the result of <a href="www.blabla.com>Bla Bla</a>

[larkost]

Code:
<a>
	<xsl:attribute name="href">
		<xsl:value-of select="link" />
	</xsl:attribute>
</a>

And you might want to check out the xslt tutoial over at w3schools to get the basics all filled in.

[skalie]

I was going through that very same tutorial, although I must have missed some essentials when branching off to the xpath section and the suchlike.

Will perservere and thanks very much for the coding help, again.

From a beginners point of view it has to be said that xml, while simple in concept, gets rather complicated rather quickly.