I need some help importing a RSS 2.0 XML into FileMaker Pro Adv 10. I'm trying to modify a xslt file that came with FM. When I use this xslt it tries to map the parent Recipients and not the child Recipient.  I'm stuck and could use a hand.  Any thoughts on what to modify or add would be much appreciated?

Here is the xlst:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
<!--
File: msdso_elem.xslt

Transforms data in an ELEMENT based MSDSO grammar
into the FMPXMLRESULT grammar, suitable for import.
      
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    <xsl:template match="/*">
        <FMPXMLRESULT xmlns="http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmlresult">
            <ERRORCODE>0</ERRORCODE>
            <PRODUCT BUILD="" NAME="" VERSION=""/>
            <DATABASE DATEFORMAT="M/d/yyyy" LAYOUT="" NAME="" RECORDS="{count(/*/*)}" TIMEFORMAT="h:mm:ss a"/>
            <METADATA>
                <xsl:for-each select="/*/*[position()=1]/*">
                    <FIELD>
                        <xsl:attribute name="EMPTYOK">YES</xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:attribute name="MAXREPEAT">1</xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:attribute name="NAME"><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:attribute name="TYPE">TEXT</xsl:attribute>
                    </FIELD>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </METADATA>
            <RESULTSET>
                <xsl:attribute name="FOUND"><xsl:value-of select="count(child::*)"/></xsl:attribute>
                <xsl:for-each select="child::*">
                    <ROW>
                        <xsl:attribute name="MODID">0</xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:attribute name="RECORDID">0</xsl:attribute>
                        <xsl:for-each select="child::*">
                            <COL>
                                <DATA>
                                    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
                                </DATA>
                            </COL>
                        </xsl:for-each>
                    </ROW>
                </xsl:for-each>
            </RESULTSET>
        </FMPXMLRESULT>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

 

 

Here is the XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
    <Recipients>
        <Recipient>
            <First_name>Adam</First_name>
            <Last_name>Smith</Last_name>
            <Address1>123 main street</Address1>
            <Address2 />
            <City>Lakewood ranch</City>
            <State>NY</State>
            <Zip>10012</Zip>
            <Country>USA</Country>
            <Cust_Phone>941-555-1212</Cust_Phone>
            <Company_name />
            <L_num>Z3116-01</L_num>
            <Qty>50</Qty>
            <Promo>G147571</Promo>
            <Toll_num>1-888-238-0030</Toll_num>
            <email>[email protected]</email>
            <email2>[email protected]</email2>
            <repName />
            <repPhone />
            <CustomText>Adam Smith</CustomText>
            <IntOrderId>230839</IntOrderId>
            <OrderDateTime>2015-10-07 14:26:44</OrderDateTime>
        </Recipient>
    </Recipients>
</rss>

That's the trouble with generic stylesheets: they only fit what the authors envisioned as generic XML sources. However, the X in XML stands for eXtensible, and there's no way a single stylesheet can fit all. There is no such thing as a generic XML.

You didn't tell us what exactly do you want to import, so here's a stylesheet that will offer to import everything from your source; just select the fields you want and map them to your own fields in the import dialog.

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:template match="/rss">
	<FMPXMLRESULT xmlns="http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmlresult">
		<ERRORCODE>0</ERRORCODE>
		<PRODUCT BUILD="" NAME="" VERSION=""/>
		<DATABASE DATEFORMAT="" LAYOUT="" NAME="" RECORDS="" TIMEFORMAT=""/>
		<!-- DEFINE FIELDS -->
		<METADATA>
			<xsl:for-each select="Recipients/Recipient[1]/*">
				<FIELD NAME="{name()}" TYPE="TEXT" EMPTYOK="YES" MAXREPEAT=""/>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</METADATA>
		<!-- IMPORT DATA -->
		<RESULTSET FOUND="">
			<xsl:for-each select="Recipients/Recipient">
				<ROW MODID="" RECORDID="">
					<xsl:for-each select="*">
						<COL><DATA><xsl:value-of select="."/></DATA></COL>
					</xsl:for-each>
				</ROW>
			</xsl:for-each>
		</RESULTSET>
	</FMPXMLRESULT>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

 

and hopefully the first element 

Recipient

has all the child elements (including empty ones) that are needed for all the Recipients. I'm my experience empty elements may not be in a transmission (XML source) at all. Getting an XSD (or DTD or schema document of some sort) is the best way to assure all elements (and attributes) are imported if needed. Then "generic" is not the way to go, but explicitly calling the elements or attributes needed.

 

beverly

and hopefully the first element 

Recipient

has all the child elements (including empty ones) that are needed for all the Recipients.

I see empty elements in the given example, so I assume all Recipient nodes have the same child elements (and in the same order). But I agree that this is an important point, and the assumption should be stated explicitly.