RE: Grouping problem - Duplicates

> Thanks for the info, I have read that article before asking 
> my question.

OK, you said you were a beginner, and I made the mistake of believing you.

I'm afraid this now fails my one-minute test: if I don't understand the
problem after staring at it for a minute, I leave it to someone else. Sorry!

Michael Kay


> Still, I need help. I am not sure that what I want to get as 
> output can be 
> done in one stylesheet (without first creating a sorted XMl 
> output to be 
> processed with a different stylesheet).
> 
> The structure of the XML file is of two "foreign"groups, <Area> and 
> <SalesPeople>, yet the grouping of the 2nd level sort, from 
> <salesPeople>, 
> depends on the node names from <Area>.
> 
> Sarah
> 
> Here is the question again:
> 
> ---- Company.xml ------
> 
> <Company>
>          <Suppliers>
>                  <Area>
>                          <North>Supp 1 Nor</North>
>                          <South>Supp 1 Sou</South>
>                          <Center>Supp 1 Cntr</Center>
>                          <North>Supp 2 Nor</North>
>                          <North>Supp 3 Nor</North>
>                          <South>Supp 2 Sou</South>
>                          <South>Supp 3 Sou</South>
>                          <Center>Supp 2 Cntr</Center>
>                          <Center>Supp 3 Cntr</Center>
>                          <North>Smith Suppliers LTD.</North>
>                          <South>Smith Suppliers LTD.</South>
>                          <Center>Sundance suppliers Cntr</Center>
>                  </Area>
>                  <SalesPeople>
>                          <SalesPerson>
>                                  <Name>
>                                          <LastName>lName Supp 
> 1</LastName>
>                                          <FirstName>John</FirstName>
>                                  </Name>
>                                  <Title>Manager</Title>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Nor</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Sou</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Smith Suppliers 
> LTD.</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Smith Suppliers 
> LTD.</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Sundance suppliers 
> Cntr</Supplier>
>                          </SalesPerson>
>                          <SalesPerson>
>                                  <Name>
>                                          <LastName>lName Supp 
> 2</LastName>
>                                          <FirstName>Kathy</FirstName>
>                                  </Name>
>                                  <Title>CEO</Title>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Nor</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Sou</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Smith Suppliers 
> LTD.</Supplier>
>                          </SalesPerson>
>                          <SalesPerson>
>                                  <Name>
>                                          <LastName>lName Supp 
> 3</LastName>
>                                          <FirstName>Dan</FirstName>
>                                  </Name>
>                                  <Title>Dr.</Title>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Nor</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Sou</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Smith Suppliers 
> LTD.</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Smith Suppliers 
> LTD.</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Sundance suppliers 
> Cntr</Supplier>
>                          </SalesPerson>
>                          <SalesPerson>
>                                  <Name>
>                                          <LastName>lName 
> Apprentice</LastName>
>                                          <FirstName>George</FirstName>
>                                  </Name>
>                                  <Title>Apprentice</Title>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Nor</Supplier>
>                          </SalesPerson>
>                          <SalesPerson>
>                                  <Name>
>                                          <LastName>lName 
> Samuel</LastName>
>                                          <FirstName>Dave</FirstName>
>                                  </Name>
>                                  <Title>Developer</Title>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Nor</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Sou</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 3 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 1 Cntr</Supplier>
>                                  <Supplier>Supp 2 Cntr</Supplier>
>                          </SalesPerson>
>                  </SalesPeople>
>          </Suppliers>
> </Company>
> 
> 
> I would like to see the following output:
> 
> 
> 
> Sales People by Areas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Center
> 
> Dave lName Samuel
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> 
> 
> North
> 
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> George lName Apprentice
> Dave lName Samuel
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> 
> 
> South
> 
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dave lName Samuel
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> 
> But I get:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sales People by Areas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Center
> 
> Dave lName Samuel
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> Dave lName Samuel
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> Dave lName Samuel
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> John lName Supp 1
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> 
> 
> North
> 
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> George lName Apprentice
> Dave lName Samuel
> Dan lName Supp 3
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> 
> 
> South
> 
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dave lName Samuel
> Dan lName Supp 3
> John lName Supp 1
> Kathy lName Supp 2
> Dan lName Supp 3
> 
> This is the stylesheet I used (called: sales_by_area.xsl):
> 
> <xsl:key name="areas" match="//Area/*" use="name()"/>
> <xsl:key name="supplier-list" match="SalesPerson" use="Supplier"/>
> <xsl:key name="fullName" match="SalesPerson" use="Name"/>
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>          <html>
>          <head>
>                  <meta http-equiv="content-type" 
> content="text/html" />
>                  <meta name="description" content="Suppliers by Sales 
> People" />
>                  <link  href="text.css" rel="stylesheet" 
> type="text/css" />
>                  <title>Your company</title>
>          </head>
>          <body>
>                  <h1>Sales People by Areas <br /></h1>
>                  <xsl:for-each 
> select="//Area/*[generate-id(.)=generate-id(key('areas', name()))]">
>                          <xsl:sort select="key('areas', name())"/>
>                          <h2><xsl:value-of select="name()"/></h2>
>                          <xsl:for-each select="key('areas', name())">
>                                  <xsl:sort 
> select="key('areas', text())"/>
>                                  <xsl:variable name="supplier_name" 
> select="text()">
>                                  </xsl:variable>
>                                  <xsl:variable name="area_name" 
> select="name()">
>                                  </xsl:variable>
> 
>                                  <xsl:for-each 
> select="//SalesPerson[generate-id()=generate-id(key('fullName'
> , Name))]">
>                                          <xsl:sort 
> select="key('fullName', 
> Name)"/>
>                                          <xsl:apply-templates 
> select="Name">
>                                          <xsl:with-param 
> name="curr_supp" 
> select="$supplier_name"/>
>                                          <xsl:with-param 
> name="curr_area" 
> select="$area_name"/>
>                                          </xsl:apply-templates>
>                                  </xsl:for-each>
> 
>                          </xsl:for-each>
>                  </xsl:for-each>
> 
>          </body>
>          </html>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="Name">
>          <xsl:param name="curr_supp"/>
>          <xsl:param name="curr_area"/>
> 
>          <xsl:variable name="fName" select=".">
>          </xsl:variable>
> 
>          <xsl:for-each 
> select="//SalesPerson[generate-id()=generate-id(key('supplier-list', 
> Supplier))]">
>                  <xsl:sort select="key('supplier-list', Supplier)"/>
>                  <xsl:for-each select="key('supplier-list', 
> $curr_supp)">
>                          <xsl:if test="$fName = Name">
>                          <xsl:if test="Supplier = $curr_supp">
>                                  <p class="textenglish">
>                                  <xsl:value-of 
> select="Name/FirstName"/>
>                                  <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
>                                  <xsl:value-of 
> select="Name/LastName"/> <br />
>                                  </p>
>                          </xsl:if>
>                          </xsl:if>
>                  </xsl:for-each>
>          </xsl:for-each>
> 
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>