RE: Merging two documents

I would be really interested in how this is implemented
with examples!

On Behalf Of Terris
Sent:   Monday, September 13, 1999 6:24 PM
To:     xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        Merging two documents

Can I use XSLT to do this?

I want to add part of an XML document to another
XML document.

T:\ftemp>type doc1.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE BookSet [
<!ATTLIST Book id ID #IMPLIED>
]>
<BookSet>
  <Book id="1"><Name>The wizard of OZ</Name></Book>
  <Book id="2"><Name>Java Servlet Programming</Name></Book>
  <Book id="3"><Name>John Coltrane Rage</Name></Book>
</BookSet>

T:\ftemp>type doc2.xml
<BookList>
   <Book id="1"/>
   <Book id="2"/>
</BookList>

T:\ftemp>type list.xsl
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/XSL/Transform/1.0">

<xsl:template match="/BookList">        <!--document element-->
  <BookList>
    <xsl:for-each select="Book">
      <Book id="{@id}">
        <xsl:variable name="id" select="string(@id)"/>
           <!--note you cannot use document($source)/id($id)-->
        <xsl:for-each select="document($source)">
          <xsl:copy-of select="id($id)/*"/>
        </xsl:for-each>
      </Book>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </BookList>
</xsl:template>

T:\ftemp>type result.xml
<BookList>
<Book id="1">
<Name>The wizard of OZ</Name>
</Book>
<Book id="2">
<Name>Java Servlet Programming</Name>
</Book>
</BookList>

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