Re: Assigning unique id to new node using generate-id(

I hope this helps,
Wendell

Thank you for you reply.

I would like to keep the existing ID's the same.  As they are referenced from
other nodes (a credential is referenced from 0 or more services).

My current workaround seems to be working although I'm not 100% convinced that it
will always create a unique id.

After new node is created without an id, I transform the document again with.
This is run against the result of the first transform which adds the new
credential without and id.

<xsl:for-each select="credential">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@id">
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<credential>
<xsl:attribute name="id">
<xsl:value-of select="generate-id()"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:copy-of select="username"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="password"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="description"/>
<xsl:copy-of select="lastModified"/>
</credential>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>

As I said, this seems to work.

What other methods would you recommend for generating a unique id?  It is
possible, albeit unlikely, that the a profile may contain identical credential
nodes (where username, password, description and lastModified are identical).

Thanks,
Kyle

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