RE: Sequencing, Numbering, and Count

If the output has a simple relationship to the input then this can be done
using position(). If not, I would recommend a two-pass solution: first
produce the output tree in your first example, then run a second phase to
number the nodes (using position()).

Michael Kay

# -----Original Message-----
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# Sent: 10 March 2004 03:52
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# Subject:  Sequencing, Numbering, and Count
# 
# While producing my XML output with XSLT I also need to count the number of
# nodes I created and add sequence numbers to each node.? Please note that I
# cannot use the count function on the original document as there is no way
# to retrieve this data without producing the transformed data first.
# 
# Eg.? (This is what it looks like now)
# 
# <ePASS>
#         <Document>
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
#         <Document>
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
#         <Document>
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
# </ePASS>
# 
# This is what needs to look like:
# 
# <ePASS>
#         <Document seq="1">
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
#         <Document seq="2">
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
#         <Document seq="3">
# ??????????? ??????????? <Quote>
# ??????????????????????? ??????????? <Data>....</Data>
# ??????????????????????? </Quote>
# ??????????? </Document>
# </ePASS>
# 
# Where the "seq" number is just a counter that is incremented by one.? Plus
# once the document is produced I need to set the maximum sequence number
# equal to a variable (In the above example it is 3) so that I can pass this
# information back to my middleware.
# 
# Thanks,
# James Paul
# 
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