XSLT remove child element based on parent-child element's value

Question

I am trying to use the some what same logic that is used in here https://stackoverflow.com/a/10629806/662877

to a different XML but not getting the intended output.

Answer 1

The problem is here:

*[../TERR='KHM6']/CreatePaymentItems

This matches the CreatePaymentItems child of an element that has a sibling TERR with value "KHM6".

But all siblings of TERR in the provided XML document are child-less.

Here is the transformation you want:

<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

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

 <xsl:template match=
 "*[PayLineItems/*/TERR = 'KHM6']
      /*[self::CreatePaymentItems or self::CreatePayExt]"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>

when applied on the provided XML document (corrected to be well-formed):

<ns0:DocTran doctype="Return" xmlns:ns0="http://test.Schemas.Out_Return">
    <TransactionType>
        <PayLineItems>
            <PayLineInsert>
                <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
                <NUMBER>R2293416</NUMBER>
                <SERIAL>3335889530</SERIAL>
                <DOCDATE>05/03/2012</DOCDATE>
                <ITEMNMBR>4NZ3330000010</ITEMNMBR>
                <UNITPRCE>599.99</UNITPRCE>
                <XTNDPRCE>599.99</XTNDPRCE>
                <QUANTITY>1</QUANTITY>
                <TAXAMNT>43.65</TAXAMNT>
                <QTYONHND>1</QTYONHND>
                <TERR>KHM6</TERR>
            </PayLineInsert>
        </PayLineItems>
        <PayLineEXT>
            <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
            <NUMBER>R2293416</NUMBER>
            <LNITMSEQ>2293416</LNITMSEQ>
        </PayLineEXT>
        <CreatePaymentItems>
            <CreatePaymentInsertRecord>
                <INTERID>TOTM</INTERID>
                <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
                <PAYNUMBER>R2293416</PAYNUMBER>
                <DOCDATE>05/03/2012</DOCDATE>
                <DOCAMOUNT>645.03</DOCAMOUNT>
                <DOCNUMBER>2293416</DOCNUMBER>
            </CreatePaymentInsertRecord>
        </CreatePaymentItems>
        <CreatePayExt>
            <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
            <PAYNUMBER>R2293416</PAYNUMBER>
            <SEQNUMBR>61261585</SEQNUMBR>
        </CreatePayExt>
    </TransactionType>
</ns0:DocTran>

the wanted, correct result is produced:

<ns0:DocTran xmlns:ns0="http://test.Schemas.Out_Return" doctype="Return">
   <TransactionType>
      <PayLineItems>
         <PayLineInsert>
            <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
            <NUMBER>R2293416</NUMBER>
            <SERIAL>3335889530</SERIAL>
            <DOCDATE>05/03/2012</DOCDATE>
            <ITEMNMBR>4NZ3330000010</ITEMNMBR>
            <UNITPRCE>599.99</UNITPRCE>
            <XTNDPRCE>599.99</XTNDPRCE>
            <QUANTITY>1</QUANTITY>
            <TAXAMNT>43.65</TAXAMNT>
            <QTYONHND>1</QTYONHND>
            <TERR>KHM6</TERR>
         </PayLineInsert>
      </PayLineItems>
      <PayLineEXT>
         <PAYTYPE>4</PAYTYPE>
         <NUMBER>R2293416</NUMBER>
         <LNITMSEQ>2293416</LNITMSEQ>
      </PayLineEXT>
   </TransactionType>
</ns0:DocTran>