[XSL-LIST Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

Re: position()

Subject: Re: position()
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:59:03 -0500
Re:  position()
Alan,

At 04:52 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote:
   <document>
      <bundle>
        <component name="foo"/>
        <bundle>
          <component name="foo"/>
          <target name="foo"/>
        </bundle>
      </bundle>
    </document>

Given this XSLT:

      <xsl:template match="/document//target">
        <xsl:apply-tempaltes
          select="ancestor::bundle/component[@name = current()/@name]"/>
      </xsl:template>

How do I select just the first ancestor component?

Will this work?

ancestor::bundle/component[@name = current()/@name and position() = 1]

    Or does that refer to the position of component as a child of
    bundle, therefore matching both components.

The latter.


You can get what you want by grouping all the components and then filtering from the group, instead of filtering only on the XPath step:

(ancestor::bundle/component[@name = current()/@name])[1]

By "first" I assume you mean "first in document order".

Cheers,
Wendell


====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================

Current Thread

PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!

Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced!

Buy Stylus Studio Now

Download The World's Best XML IDE!

Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today!

Don't miss another message! Subscribe to this list today.
Email
First Name
Last Name
Company
Subscribe in XML format
RSS 2.0
Atom 0.3
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Trademarks
Free Stylus Studio XML Training:
W3C Member
Stylus Studio® and DataDirect XQuery ™are products from DataDirect Technologies, is a registered trademark of Progress Software Corporation, in the U.S. and other countries. © 2004-2013 All Rights Reserved.