OK, thanks to advice on this thread, despite having no programming experience I have successfully managed to use XSLT to take XML data and display it as an HTML table.

As an example let's say I am using the following XML containg data on CDs. It's not my real data but gives an example.

What I want is for someone to be able to select a value for <artist> via a drop down on the webpage and then filter the XML which is displayed, based on that input. So if they selected 'The Clash' it would only show details for 'London Calling'.

How best can I achieve this? Can I use javasript to receive the input and then reload the page using the input to determine which XSL file is selected? Or can I use javascript to dynamically update the xsl file.

I guess I am after the simplest way to execute this given a) my massive lack of programming skills (I'm pretty much learning from scratch but enjoying it massively) and b) speed and elegance is not a pressing need - it's the function I need.

The other thing is that my number of values for <artist> will be fixed at 20.

<cd>
<artist>
Bowie
</artist>
<title>
Ziggy Stardust
</title>
</cd><cd>
<artist>
Bowie
</artist>
<title>
Heroes
</title>
</cd><cd>
<artist>
The Clash
</artist>
<title>
London Calling
</title>
</cd>

Cheers