I am having trouble removing empty nodes from my XML using XSLT. For example, this area in the XSLT:\[code\] <RCPNT_NM> <snm> <xsl:value-of select="SNM"/> </snm> <gv_nm> <xsl:value-of select="GVN_NM"/> </gv_nm> <init> <xsl:value-of select="INIT"/> </init> </RCPNT_NM>\[/code\]The data inside some of those nodes is completely empty, but I am still getting them back. I tried applying the \[code\]match="node()|@*"\[/code\] template area to the xslt, but that didn;t work either. Here is the entire XSLT file:\[code\]<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" version="2.0"><xsl
utput encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" method="xml" version="1.0"/><xslutput indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/><xsl:strip-space elements="*"/><xsl:template match="/"> <Return> <xsl:apply-templates select="//IPERSON/item"/> </Return></xsl:template><xsl:template match="node()|@*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/> </xsl:copy></xsl:template><xsl:template match="*[not(@*) and not(*) and (not(text()) )]"/><xsl:template match="IPERSON/item"> <T5018Slip> <RCPNT_NM> <snm> <xsl:value-of select="SNM"/> </snm> <gv_nm> <xsl:value-of select="GVN_NM"/> </gv_nm> <init> <xsl:value-of select="INIT"/> </init> </RCPNT_NM> <sin> <xsl:value-of select="SIN"/> </sin> <rcpnt_bn> <xsl:value-of select="RCPNT_BN"/> </rcpnt_bn> <CORP_PTNRP_NM> <l1_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CORPL1_NM"/> </l1_nm> <l2_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CORPL2_NM"/> </l2_nm> </CORP_PTNRP_NM> <rcpnt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RCPNT_TCD"/> </rcpnt_tcd> <RCPNT_ADDR> <addr_l1_txt> <xsl:value-of select="ADDR_L1_TXT"/> </addr_l1_txt> <addr_l2_txt> <xsl:value-of select="ADDR_L2_TXT"/> </addr_l2_txt> <cty_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CTY_NM"/> </cty_nm> <prov_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PROV_CD"/> </prov_cd> <cntry_cd> <xsl:value-of select="CNTRY_CD"/> </cntry_cd> <pstl_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PSTL_CD"/> </pstl_cd> </RCPNT_ADDR> <bn> <xsl:value-of select="BN"/> </bn> <sbctrcr_amt> <xsl:value-of select="SBCTRCR_AMT"/> </sbctrcr_amt> <rpt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RPT_TCD"/> </rpt_tcd> </T5018Slip> <xsl:for-each select="Return/T5018Summary/slp_cnt"> <xsl:value-of select="SLP_CNT='1'"/> <xsl:if test="slp_cnt='1'"> <T5018Summary> <bn> <xsl:value-of select="BN1"/> </bn> <PAYR_NM> <l1_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L1_NM"/> </l1_nm> <l2_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L2_NM"/> </l2_nm> <l3_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L3_NM"/> </l3_nm> </PAYR_NM> <PAYR_ADDR> <addr_l1_txt> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRADDR_L1_TXT"/> </addr_l1_txt> <addr_l2_txt> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRADDR_L2_TXT"/> </addr_l2_txt> <cty_nm> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRCTY_NM"/> </cty_nm> <prov_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRPROV_CD"/> </prov_cd> <cntry_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRCNTRY_CD"/> </cntry_cd> <pstl_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRPSTL_CD"/> </pstl_cd> </PAYR_ADDR> <CNTC> <cntc_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_NM"/> </cntc_nm> <cntc_area_cd> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_AREA_CD"/> </cntc_area_cd> <cntc_phn_nbr> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_PHN_NBR"/> </cntc_phn_nbr> <cntc_extn_nbr> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_EXTN_NBR"/> </cntc_extn_nbr> </CNTC> <PRD_END_DT> <dy> <xsl:value-of select="DY"/> </dy> <mo> <xsl:value-of select="MO"/> </mo> <yr> <xsl:value-of select="YR"/> </yr> </PRD_END_DT> <slp_cnt> <xsl:value-of select="SLP_CNT"/> </slp_cnt> <tot_sbctrcr_amt> <xsl:value-of select="TOT_SBCTRCR_AMT"/> </tot_sbctrcr_amt> <rpt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RPT_TCD"/> </rpt_tcd> </T5018Summary> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each></xsl:template>\[/code\]
utput encoding="UTF-8" indent="yes" method="xml" version="1.0"/><xslutput indent="yes" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/><xsl:strip-space elements="*"/><xsl:template match="/"> <Return> <xsl:apply-templates select="//IPERSON/item"/> </Return></xsl:template><xsl:template match="node()|@*"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/> </xsl:copy></xsl:template><xsl:template match="*[not(@*) and not(*) and (not(text()) )]"/><xsl:template match="IPERSON/item"> <T5018Slip> <RCPNT_NM> <snm> <xsl:value-of select="SNM"/> </snm> <gv_nm> <xsl:value-of select="GVN_NM"/> </gv_nm> <init> <xsl:value-of select="INIT"/> </init> </RCPNT_NM> <sin> <xsl:value-of select="SIN"/> </sin> <rcpnt_bn> <xsl:value-of select="RCPNT_BN"/> </rcpnt_bn> <CORP_PTNRP_NM> <l1_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CORPL1_NM"/> </l1_nm> <l2_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CORPL2_NM"/> </l2_nm> </CORP_PTNRP_NM> <rcpnt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RCPNT_TCD"/> </rcpnt_tcd> <RCPNT_ADDR> <addr_l1_txt> <xsl:value-of select="ADDR_L1_TXT"/> </addr_l1_txt> <addr_l2_txt> <xsl:value-of select="ADDR_L2_TXT"/> </addr_l2_txt> <cty_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CTY_NM"/> </cty_nm> <prov_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PROV_CD"/> </prov_cd> <cntry_cd> <xsl:value-of select="CNTRY_CD"/> </cntry_cd> <pstl_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PSTL_CD"/> </pstl_cd> </RCPNT_ADDR> <bn> <xsl:value-of select="BN"/> </bn> <sbctrcr_amt> <xsl:value-of select="SBCTRCR_AMT"/> </sbctrcr_amt> <rpt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RPT_TCD"/> </rpt_tcd> </T5018Slip> <xsl:for-each select="Return/T5018Summary/slp_cnt"> <xsl:value-of select="SLP_CNT='1'"/> <xsl:if test="slp_cnt='1'"> <T5018Summary> <bn> <xsl:value-of select="BN1"/> </bn> <PAYR_NM> <l1_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L1_NM"/> </l1_nm> <l2_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L2_NM"/> </l2_nm> <l3_nm> <xsl:value-of select="L3_NM"/> </l3_nm> </PAYR_NM> <PAYR_ADDR> <addr_l1_txt> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRADDR_L1_TXT"/> </addr_l1_txt> <addr_l2_txt> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRADDR_L2_TXT"/> </addr_l2_txt> <cty_nm> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRCTY_NM"/> </cty_nm> <prov_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRPROV_CD"/> </prov_cd> <cntry_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRCNTRY_CD"/> </cntry_cd> <pstl_cd> <xsl:value-of select="PAYRPSTL_CD"/> </pstl_cd> </PAYR_ADDR> <CNTC> <cntc_nm> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_NM"/> </cntc_nm> <cntc_area_cd> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_AREA_CD"/> </cntc_area_cd> <cntc_phn_nbr> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_PHN_NBR"/> </cntc_phn_nbr> <cntc_extn_nbr> <xsl:value-of select="CNTC_EXTN_NBR"/> </cntc_extn_nbr> </CNTC> <PRD_END_DT> <dy> <xsl:value-of select="DY"/> </dy> <mo> <xsl:value-of select="MO"/> </mo> <yr> <xsl:value-of select="YR"/> </yr> </PRD_END_DT> <slp_cnt> <xsl:value-of select="SLP_CNT"/> </slp_cnt> <tot_sbctrcr_amt> <xsl:value-of select="TOT_SBCTRCR_AMT"/> </tot_sbctrcr_amt> <rpt_tcd> <xsl:value-of select="RPT_TCD"/> </rpt_tcd> </T5018Summary> </xsl:if> </xsl:for-each></xsl:template>\[/code\]