Tutorial 04 (cont’) Using XPath Patterns in an XSLT Style Sheet

Contents The Angel.Falls Bookstore Problem Solution

I. The Angel.Falls Bookstore Problem The following XML file contains information about the Angel Falls bookstore including books

It also displays a summary table that shows: Create a new XSLT document so that the XML file can be shown in a web browser display the all of books in the bookstore. It also displays a summary table that shows: Number of available books, Number of book in English language The most expensive book The oldest book And the total price for all books.

II. Solution Creating a new XSLT file Inserting the title Using for loop to retrieve data Displaying products Creating summary table Testing

1. Creating a new XSLT file Create a new XSL file and insert its template, save it as bookstore.xsl

2. Inserting the title Format the title using html tag

3. Using for loop to retrieve data

4. Displaying products

5. Developing summary table 5.1 Creating summary table 5.2 Count available books 5.3 Count number of English books 5.4 Find the most expensive book 5.5 Find the oldest book

5.1 Creating summary table 5.1.1 Displaying the elements and attributes of orders 5.1.2 Calculating the order value

5.2 Count available books

5.3 Count number of English books

5.4 Find the most expensive book

5.5 Find the oldest book

5.6 Calculate the total price

6. Testing Attach the XSLT file into XML file Open the XML file with a web browser to check again.

References New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages with HTML and XML (Patrick Carey & Mary Kemper) - Course Technology Publisher Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML and CSS - Taylor, Dave, Wiley http://w3schools.com/xpath/default.asp