RE: How to use xsl:key to get all values?

> The problem is that I can't get expected result "1" "2". I
> don';t know how
> to get it.
> I have to use the key() in the project I am working on.

Well this particular key won't get you the answer you (incorrectly) expect,
because each call on key() gives you all the values with that key, and
<xsl:value-of> then takes the first one.

You could use a composite key formed by
use="concat(generate-id(ancestor::C), '/', @aField)"

Mike Kay
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Di
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Wendell Piez
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 1:12 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  How to use xsl:key to get all values?
>
>
> Hello Di,
>
> At 10:45 PM 4/12/01, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Based on the following XML and XSL file, I'd like to output
> "1"  "2". But I
> >just get "1" "1". Any body can tell me what is wrong with
> ><xsl:key>
>
> Nothing's wrong with it, it's working fine.
>
> xsl:key indexes nodes across the entire document. When you write
> >                 <xsl:variable name="child"
> select="key('key-name', 'a1')"
> />
>
> You are setting the variable $child to be *all* the nodes
> that match the
> key with key value 'a1'. In your example, there are two such
> nodes, and you
> always get both of them regardless of the context node (since
> the value you
> give is always 'a1').
>
> When you ask for
> >                         <xsl:value-of select="$child/@value" />
>
> You get the value of the node set, which is defined as the
> string value of
> the first node in the node set in document order. That's
> always the same
> node, the one with value='1', because the node set is always
> the same and
> document order doesn't change either.
>
> It's unclear why you are using the key. Why not just:
>    <xsl:for-each select="CC">
>      <xsl:value-of select="DD/EE/@value" />
>    </xsl:for-each>
>
> ?
>
> Hope that helps,
> Wendell
>
> p.s. what's that namespace declaration
> xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl"
> doing for you anyhow?
>
> ><?xml version="1.0"?>
> ><AA>
> >         <BB>
> >                 <CC>
> >                         <DD>
> >                                 <EE aField="a1" value="1"/>
> >                         </DD>
> >                 </CC>
> >                 <CC>
> >                         <DD>
> >                                 <EE aField="a1" value="2"/>
> >                         </DD>
> >                 </CC>
> >         </BB>
> ></AA>
> >
> >
> ><?xml version="1.0"?>
> ><xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> >         xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xsl" version="1.0">
> >
> >     <xsl:output method="text"/>
> >     <xsl:key name="key-name" match="EE" use="@aField" />
> >     <xsl:template match="AA/BB">
> >         <xsl:for-each select="CC">
> >                 <xsl:variable name="child"
> select="key('key-name', 'a1')"
> />
> >                         <xsl:value-of select="$child/@value" />
> >           </xsl:for-each>
> >     </xsl:template>
> >
> ></xsl:transform>
>
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