RE: AW: select 1st occurence of element tag name

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikolas Nehmer
>
> I'm using a cascade of XSL files. One which serves as
> interface e.g. person.xsl for all person xmls and dependent on the
> person xml it calls a specific xsl. So in my case the key definition
> should base on a param which holds the nodeset to transformed. BUT the
> key definition is made before the param is defined within the template:
>
> <xsl:key name="elements-by-name" match="/*/*" use="name(.)" />
>   	<xsl:template name="default">
> 	<xsl:param...
>
> So the match attribute /*/* should base on the param which is defined
> later (because xsl:key has to be drclared as top level element)! Is
> there any solution except referencing this XSL directly from the XML
> file?
>

I'm afraid I lost you slightly here ...
A key is indeed top-level --defined with global scope, from the viewpoint of
the source document(s) as well as the stylesheet... It is certainly possible
to use a key across multiple xml documents, if that's what you're worried
about.

Anyway, it's a bit difficult to see what the exact nature of the
puzzle/problem is, since the description breaks off after the xsl:param.
Does it add a condition of some sort you can incorporate in the key? Maybe
you can fiddle a bit with the key's match- or use-pattern in order to solve
this?



Cheers,

Andreas


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