Re: xsl:for-each efficiency

On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 11:24, andrew.curry@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Would there be a better way of doing:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="//element[@element-key = $id]">
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> for use over a very very large document?

Yes, use a key:
<xsl:key name="byId" match="element" use="@element-key"/>
...

<xsl:apply-templates select="key('byId',$id)"/>

Tom SW
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