Need XLST to change value of a node based on another node

Question

I need XSLT to change the value of Enabled to False if the Name is XYZ in the below XML file.

My XML file is:

<MyRoot>
    <Category>
       <Name>XYZ</Name>
       <Location>mylocation</Location>
       <Enabled>True</Enabled>
    </Category>
    <Category>
       <Name>ABC</Name>
       <Location>mylocation1</Location>
       <Enabled>True</Enabled>
    </Category>
    <Category>
       <Name>DEF</Name>
       <Location>mylocation2</Location>
       <Enabled>True</Enabled>
    </Category>
</MyRoot>

By "change the value of Enabled to False" do you mean change all Enabled elements in the sample xml to false, or change some other enabled value to false? — Justin
– Justin, Commented Apr 29, 2011 at 2:27

Daniel Haley · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-03 17:54:07Z

1

This is how I would handle it:

XSLT

<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
  <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

  <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="Category[Name='ABC']/Enabled">
    <Enabled>False</Enabled>
  </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

output

<MyRoot>
   <Category>
      <Name>XYZ</Name>
      <Location>mylocation</Location>
      <Enabled>False</Enabled>
   </Category>
   <Category>
      <Name>ABC</Name>
      <Location>mylocation1</Location>
      <Enabled>True</Enabled>
   </Category>
   <Category>
      <Name>DEF</Name>
      <Location>mylocation2</Location>
      <Enabled>True</Enabled>
   </Category>
</MyRoot>

edited May 3, 2012 at 17:54

answered Apr 29, 2011 at 2:31

Daniel Haley

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user357812 Over a year ago

More typical: Category[Name='ABC']/Enabled or Enabled[../Name='ABC'] if you like.

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