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• From: James.Thompson@d...
• To: xml-dev@i...
• Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:45:01 +0100

Hi,

I have an XML doc that looks like this

<STOCKITEM>
	<CATEGORY>A</CATEGORY>
	<STOCKCODE>123</STOCKCODE>
</STOCKITEM>
<STOCKITEM>
	<CATEGORY>A</CATEGORY>
	<STOCKCODE>456</STOCKCODE>
</STOCKITEM>
<STOCKITEM>
	<CATEGORY>B</CATEGORY>
	<STOCKCODE>789</STOCKCODE>
</STOCKITEM>

I would like to transform it into this kind of structure using XSL:

<CATGEGORY name="A">
	<STOCKITEM>
			<CODE>123</CODE>
	</STOCKITEM>
	<STOCKITEM>
			<CODE>456</CODE>
	</STOCKITEM>
</CATEGORY>
<CATGEGORY name="B">
	<STOCKITEM>
			<CODE>789</CODE>
	</STOCKITEM>
</CATEGORY>

I don't know the categories in advance, and there are also sub cats that
will nest within the categories. I could do it using scripts and some kind
of fudge based on the SQL SELECT DISTINCT category idea. However, I think
this is somewhat against the spirit of XSL. Any ideas on how this might be
done? I can't be this first person to want to do this kind idiom.

Many Thanks

James Thompson



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