Re: Identifying two tags that share some attribute nam

> That's a problem, because 2.xml may contain thousands of entries, and I
> don't want to process each one. I just want to process the <a> from 1.xml
> and find any corresponding <b> in 2.xml.

Hi Zack,

I can't imagine, that this is possible. Maybe with creating a Result Tree
Fragment (RTF), but then you need a processor specific extension function,
which transforms the RTF back to a nodeset. But maybe other people have better
ideas than me.

Joerg



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> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 09:18:45PM +0200, Joerg Heinicke wrote:
> > Hello Zack,
> > 
> > I have a solution, but I don't know whether it's the optimum.
> 
> That was fast!
> 
> > I didn't 
> > get it with one expression and need the step with $test:
> > 
> > <xsl:variable name="file1" select="/"/>
> > <xsl:variable name="file2" select="document('2.xml')/outsidedata"/>
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> >     <xsl:apply-templates select="$file2/b"/>
> 
> That's a problem, because 2.xml may contain thousands of entries, and I
> don't want to process each one. I just want to process the <a> from 1.xml
> and find any corresponding <b> in 2.xml.
> 
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > <xsl:template match="b">
> >     <xsl:variable name="test">
> >         <xsl:for-each select="@*">
> >             <xsl:if test="$file1/a/@*[name()=name(current())][. != 
> > current()] or not($file1/a/@*[name()=name(current())])">
> >                 <xsl:text>false</xsl:text>
> >             </xsl:if>
> >         </xsl:for-each>
> >     </xsl:variable>
> 
> Nice hack! Even aside from the cool middle part, I like the idea of
> looping
> within a variable creation, in order to include a specific result that can
> be tested for later.
> 
> >     <xsl:if test="not(contains($test, 'false'))">
> >         <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
> >         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> >         <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
> >     </xsl:if>
> > </xsl:template>
> > 
> > I test on every attribute whether it is in <a> and has a different value
> > or it does completely not exist. If it is so I add a false to the 
> > test-string. If no 'false' is contained in $test, the value of b will be
> > copied to the output.

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