Re: splitting into multiple files and using a lookup x

> XSLT fragment:
>
> !--Set up a variable to hold contents of the counties.xml lookup -->
> <xsl:variable name="countyLookup-top"
> select="document('counties.xml')/counties"/>
>
> <!--define key-->
> <xsl:key name="countyLookup" match="name" use="num" />
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
> <xsl:apply-templates select="key('countyLookup', 'Alpine')" />
> </xsl:template>

There is no "name" element in the source xml doc.  (bigFile.xml)

Therefore, you must probably have something like this, in order to make
'counties.xml' the current document:

<xsl:template match="/">
  <xsl:for-each select="document('counties.xml')">
    <xsl:apply-templates select="key('countyLookup', 'Alpine')" />
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>


The above xsl:for-each has a "select" attribute with a nod-set of only one
node -- the root node of 'counties.xml'. Its purpose is to make
'counties.xml' the current document.

>
> <xsl:template match="name">
> <xsl:variable name="countyNo">
> <xsl:value-of select="." />
> </xsl:variable>
> </xsl:template>

If you want a number, you must reference the "num" sibling of the current
node. Thus, you have to define the variable in this way:

   <xsl:variable name="countyNo" select="../num"/>


In the list archives there are good example of using an lookup table.


=====
Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL




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