XSLT help to transform an XML

Question

I need help writing and XSLT to transform an XML in InDesign.  I am new to XML and have no idea how to write an XSLT.
We are trying to bring in data from a database using a query language that is having trouble creating the image tags the way we need it to.  Basically, I need to take this:
<Project href="file://C:\My test phot.jpg">
and transform it into this:
<Project> <image href="file://C:\My test phot.jpg" />
Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Not sure I can help you with this, as my understanding of XSL is very limited.
However, as a matter of trial and error, I find that if I transform this XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
     <Project href="file://C:\My test phot1.jpg">The first bit of textual content here</Project>
     <Project href="file://C:\My test phot2.jpg">The second bit of textual content here</Project>
     <Project href="file://C:\My test phot3.jpg">The third bit of textual content here</Project>
     <Project href="file://C:\My test phot4.jpg">The fourth bit of textual content here</Project>
     <Project href="file://C:\My test phot5.jpg">The fifth bit of textual content here</Project>
</Root>
...with this XSLT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
   <xsl:template match="/">
     <Root>
         <xsl:for-each select="/Root/Project">
           <Project>
             <image><xsl:attribute name="href"><xsl:value-of select="@href"/></xsl:attribute></image>
             <xsl:value-of select="."/>
           </Project>
         </xsl:for-each>
     </Root>
   </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
...I end up with this XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root>
<Project><image href="file://C:\My test phot1.jpg"/>The first bit of textual content here</Project>
<Project><image href="file://C:\My test phot2.jpg"/>The second bit of textual content here</Project>
<Project><image href="file://C:\My test phot3.jpg"/>The third bit of textual content here</Project>
<Project><image href="file://C:\My test phot4.jpg"/>The fourth bit of textual content here</Project>
<Project><image href="file://C:\My test phot5.jpg"/>The fifth bit of textual content here</Project>
</Root>
...which seems what you're looking for.
[I edited the original solution slightly by removing a wildcard.]