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Any XMl-types out there?

by Stephen Daukas

Hello Everyone! So, I have to teach myself myself XML, XSL, et al., for work... (The VB stuff is in the background for now!) I started playing with XML yesterday, and have gotten pretty far along. But... I have to deal with M$-generated XML files that looks like the following (I added the first two lines for display in a browser): <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="SOURCES.xsl"?> <xml xmlns:s='uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882' xmlns:dt='uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882' xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset' xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema'> <s:Schema id='RowsetSchema'> <s:ElementType name='row' content='eltOnly'> <s:AttributeType name='ID305B' rs:number='1' rs:nullable='true' rs:maydefer='true' rs:writeunknown='true'> <s:datatype dt:type='string' dt:maxLength='50'/> </s:AttributeType> [snip] <s:extends type='rs:rowbase'/> </s:ElementType> </s:Schema> <rs:data> <z:row ID305B='MA11002' CYCLE='2002' USE_ID='537' CAUSE_ID='226' SOURCE_ID='180' CONFIRMED='N'/> [~11,000 lines snipped] So, I wrote the following SOURCES.xsl file to display this beast in a browser (it uses recursion): <?xml version='1.0'?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:rs='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset' xmlns:z='#RowsetSchema' version="1.0"> <xsl:template match="/"> <HTML> <BODY topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> <xsl:apply-templates select="/xml/rs:data"/> </BODY> </HTML> </xsl:template> <xsl:key name="rows-by-AU" match="z:row" use="@ID305B" /> <xsl:template match="z:row"> <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', ID305B)" /> <div AU_ID="{ID305B}"> <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', ID305B)" /> <div USE_ID="{CYCLE}"> <div USE_ID="{USE_ID}"> <xsl:value-of select="@ID305B"/> (<xsl:value-of select="@CYCLE"/>): <xsl:apply-templates select="key('rows-by-AU', USE_ID)"/> <xsl:value-of select="@USE_ID"/> - <xsl:value-of select="@CAUSE_ID"/> - <xsl:value-of select="@SOURCE_ID"/> </div> </div> </div> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> And it works (surprised the hell out of me)! But now I'm having the hardest time figuring out how to format this the way I'd like. This is how it currently looks in the browser: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 537 - 448 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 177 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 478 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11018 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 537 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 538 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 539 - 312 - 140 MA11019 (2002): 541 - 312 - 140 [... other IDs in between 2002 and 2008 ...] MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 478 - 92 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 312 - 156 [... thousands of additional IDs ...] And I'd like the output to look something like: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 - 448 - 140 538 - 226 - 180 - 413 - 140 - 177 539 - 226 - 180 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 - 478 - 92 - 312 - 156 [...] So, things would need to be grouped by ID305B and CYCLE, then by USE_ID, then by CAUSE_ID, then by SOURCE_ID. But, I'd even settle for output that looks like: MA11002 (2002): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 537 - 448 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 538 - 413 - 177 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 539 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 478 - 140 MA11002 (2002): 541 - 413 - 140 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 226 - 180 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 478 - 92 MA11002 (2008): 537 - 312 - 156 [... thousands of additional IDs ...] where the IDs from the two different years are adjacent to one another... I believe this will involve much pain and suffering while I try to figure out such things as XML nodes, grouping, sorting, and the like... But, I'm hoping someone will look at this and say "boy Daukas, that's easy... just do this, and then that, and voila - your done!". Anyone? Anyone? ;-) Thanks in advance for any help! Steve

Nov. 28, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Information for Linux newbies?

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Harrington wrote: > As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be > giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from > people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. > What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish > you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux > install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would > make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows > resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if > we can get a few new converts! My biggest thing would be to explain to people (at all levels) how to do what they are currently doing. Firefox for browsing, OO.o for Office stuff, gimp for photoshop, etc. I also agree with Tim in pitching to your audience, and Andy has a great point with making sure stuff works via LiveCDs. When I was a newbie I just wanted to read books on all the stuff. If you have some people like that, I'd point them to their distro docs / google. HTH Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHSPXDaiVxdKlBO58RAp4RAJ9l/162tA/6wqSYrRMx+kbdCh9ipACfYrM8 3gkLyp8yT/viUpXknRVdgy8= =PshY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 25, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Xinerama issues with Fedora Core 8...

by Tim Keller

Hey that fixed it! Thanks! Tim. On 11/20/07, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:26:24AM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > Driver "radeon" > > Option "Monitor-VGA-0" > > Option "Monitor-DVI-0" > > BusID "PCI:1:9:0" > > EndSection > > You forgot the second argument to the Montior- options here. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "radeon" > Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "first" > Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "second" > BusID "PCI:1:9:0" > EndSection > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 21, 2007

initrd.img file

by vze284qe＠verizon.net

Hello, I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this: initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic. Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built the new kernel or am I missing something? TIA, -- -Chuck

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Xinerama issues with Fedora Core 8...

by Chuck Anderson

On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 10:26:24AM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "radeon" > Option "Monitor-VGA-0" > Option "Monitor-DVI-0" > BusID "PCI:1:9:0" > EndSection You forgot the second argument to the Montior- options here. Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "first" Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "second" BusID "PCI:1:9:0" EndSection

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Xinerama issues with Fedora Core 8...

by Tim Keller

Actually, I found *another* radeon card that has two inputs and I followed your instructions and now I have cloned monitors... so I'm going in the right direction... How do I unclone them? Thanks, Tim. BTW... here is my xorg.conf file for reference... # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Duel head single card setup" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "radeon" Option "Monitor-VGA-0" Option "Monitor-DVI-0" BusID "PCI:1:9:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "first" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "second" Option "RightOf" "first" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "first" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Virtual 2560 1024 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection On Nov 19, 2007 4:06 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 03:25:19PM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > > So... if I'm reading this right... I'm stuck then... since I have > monitors > > on separate video cards. > > > > I know it's cool that xrandr can do all this funky stuff, but I'd just > be > > happy to keep existing functionality. > > > > What are my options now... downgrade my X server? > > I guess so... good luck getting an older Xorg to run on Fedora 8. > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leary of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] initrd.img file

by Jeff Moyer

vze284qe(a)verizon.net writes: > Hello, > > I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the > corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this: > initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic. > > Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built > the new kernel or am I missing something? I'm not sure what process you used to build your kernel, but it's not uncommon to have to build the initrd yourself. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.X-mumble.img 2.6.X-mumble Cheers, Jeff

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] initrd.img file

by Gregory Avedissian

Chuck wrote: > Hello, > > I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the > corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this: > initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic. > > Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built > the new kernel or am I missing something? > > TIA, Yes, there should be a new initrd.img after you install the new linux-image.deb file that you created. Did you get a vmlinuz link to the correct kernel image, or is that still pointing to the generic kernel? I'm assuming you did this the debian/ubuntu way, and ran a command that looked something like this - make-kpkg -initrd --revision=ck12 kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image That should create some .deb files in the parent directory. Then you use 'dpkg -i' to install those debs, and you should end up with new links for vmlinuz and initrd.img. If you did everything right, and it still doesn't work, I'm not sure what to say. Did you check the ubuntu forums to see if others are having the same problem? Greg

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] initrd.img file

by Karl Hiramoto

vze284qe(a)verizon.net wrote: > Hello, > > I built a custom "gutsy gibbon" kernel, but I can't find the > corresponding initrd.img file. There's a link in / that looks like this: > initrd.img-> boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-generic. > > Shouldn't there be a new initrd.img file that was created when I built > the new kernel or am I missing something? > > TIA, > If you built all of your necessary drivers to boot the machine into the kernel (not as modules) you don't need a initial ramdisk. Just set your grub to point to the kernel image. --karl

Nov. 20, 2007

Re: [Wlug] Linux Choix?

by Robert Schwein

I'm not inclined to agree with the herd on this. I've deployed SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop into some businesses and three campuses of a school system. Xen was part of the distro (an important consideration) so I also loaded XP on the boxes that needed to run Windows apps. None of this dual boot stuff. They've called Novell's tech support on occasion and their feedback to me has been very positive. They didn't have to come back to me for problems. Candidly, I found this Linux distro a lot easier to integrate into a MAC (OS9 and OS-X) environment; that also was an important consideration. Just my experience from the trenches. Bob Greater Worcester Land Trust wrote: > It has been a while. > > I tried getting our nonprofit (Worcester land conservation) to adopt Linux > some years back. > Problem I had back then was weak graphic options, publisher options, Quicken > options, and a lack of a good answer to running ArcGIS. > I was beaten back into M$. > > I want another crack at this. > > I am looking to take a spare laptop and install a Linux OS and OS apps. > Previously, some years back, I used to use what are now Mandriva Linux > installs. > > Coming back to this I see that there are dozens and dozens of options these > days. > > What, if any, of the options do the WLUG folk prefer/recommend. > > Thanks so much, > > Colin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Nov. 20, 2007