Re: Problem using Key on multiple elements

hi Joris Gillis!

Thnx. It works. but i didnot understand the funda....

What i understand is this. generate-id() will create a unique id based
on the current value of the context node. U suggested doing this

<xsl:for-each select="a:xtvd/a:productionCrew/a:crew/a:member
        [generate-id()=generate-id(key('roleNames',
                concat(a:givenname,'+',a:surname))[1])]
        /a:givenname">

In my source xml a:member has 3 elements role, givenname and surname.
In the abv for-each we are generating an id for a:member(with 3
elements) and comparing the same with the id for 
concat(a:givenname,'+',a:surname) in the key roleNames.
I did not understand how both the ids match? can u plz explain me
this...hopefully this shud explain where i went wrong in my original
approach.

Thnx
Sreenath.


On 8/13/05, Joris Gillis <roac@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> Tempore 15:20:00, die 08/12/2005 AD, hinc in xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx scripsit Sreenath Juluri <jssreenath@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > My source xml looks something like this.
> >... Ill-formed XML
> 
> An attempt to construct well-formed XML out of it (please correct the namespace)
> <xtvd xmlns="a">
> <productionCrew>
> <crew program="EP3297910048">
> <member>
>        <role>Actor</role>
>        <givenname>Peter</givenname>
>        <surname>McCauley</surname>
> </member>
> <member>
>        <role>Actor</role>
>        <givenname>Michael</givenname>
>        <surname>Sinelnikoff</surname>
> </member>
> </crew>
> <crew program="EP3556823923">
> <member>
>        <role>Director</role>
>        <givenname>Michael</givenname>
>        <surname>Sinelnikoff</surname>
> </member>
> <member>
>        <role>Actor</role>
>        <givenname>Michael</givenname>
>        <surname>Offer</surname>
> </member>
> <member>
>        <role>Executive Producer</role>
>        <givenname>John</givenname>
>        <surname>Landis</surname>
> </member>
> </crew>
> </productionCrew>
> </xtvd>
> 
> > Now in my transformed xml there should be only one element for each
> > person irrespective of the role. for eg in the above piece of xml
> > there shud b only one element for Michael Sinelnikoff.
> 
> Try using a key like this:
> 
> <xsl:key name="roleNames"
> match="a:xtvd/a:productionCrew/a:crew/a:member"
> use="concat(a:givenname,'+',a:surname)"/>
> 
> and a loop like this:
> <xsl:for-each select="a:xtvd/a:productionCrew/a:crew/a:member
>        [generate-id()=generate-id(key('roleNames',
>                concat(a:givenname,'+',a:surname))[1])]
>        /a:givenname">
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> regards,
> --
> Joris Gillis (http://users.telenet.be/root-jg/me.html)
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