Re: Looking up keys in a separate xml file

This works under Xalan, but I don't know how efficient this is:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>

<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'>
<xsl:output method='xml' version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1' omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>

<xsl:key name="descriptionlookup" match="Descriptions/Description" use="@name"/>
<xsl:variable name="desc" select="document('desc.xml')"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="InsertDescription">
<xsl:variable name="key_value" select="@lookup"/>
<xsl:for-each select="$desc">
<xsl:copy-of select="key('descriptionlookup',$key_value)/Para"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

There may be a better way than saving the @lookup as $key_value, but I'm no where near an expert in XSL

Thanks,
Anthony Zawacki

410-571-7161
zwacki@xxxxxxxxxx

Scott Anguish <sanguish@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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