Removing elements from an XML File

[tjhorne]

I have an xml file, see below. I'd like to not display the line that shows index for it's item kind, is this possible with XSL? If so, can you give me an example. Thanks!

<Alert Document_Name="Alerts" Document_Description="" Document_Version="1" Document_Time="19&#47;12&#47;2005 09:51:01" Document_Generator="D:&#92;Program Files&#92;performancesoft&#92;pbviews&#92;pbvcon.exe">
<Item Kind="Alert" Title="Missing Data">
<From>
<User Name="P: MMaris" Email="[e-mail]"/>
</From>
<To>
<User Name="P: DHylton" Email="[e-mail]"/>
</To>
<Item Kind="Section" Title="P: [ADMIN] Missing Data - Amherst-Nelson">
<Item Kind="Comparison" Title="Actual vs. Target"/>
<Item Kind="Period" Title="2006/12"/>
<Item Kind="Measure (Location)" Title="P: 06 # Experience Initiatives (Amherst-Nelson)">
<Item Kind="Index" Title="--"/>
</Item>
</Item>
</Item>

[edited by: tedster at 7:12 am (utc) on Dec. 23, 2005]
[edit reason] use "example", not real emails [/edit]

[tjhorne]

Can someone please take a look at this and let me know if you have any ideas?

Thanks!

[choster]

If you're processing on <Item>, you should be able to exclude those of Kind="Index" from being processed by adding a predicate:

<xsl:template match="Item[@Kind!= 'Index']">
...
</xsl:template>

[tjhorne]

If you look a little closer at the <Item Kind="Index"> line it's wrapped inside another <Item>, would your suggestion still work?

Thanks,

Todd H.

[choster]

It depends how your XSLT is set up. In any case, the key here is using the right XPath. Here are some sites which you may find useful:

[w3schools.com...] (tutorial and reference)
[mulberrytech.com...] (syntax quick reference)
[xml.com...] (links to various text excerpts)
[topxml.com...]