select="./ctt_doc" should be select="./ctt/ctt_doc". The document() function
selects the root node of the document, which is the parent of the outermost
element.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADAM PATRICK [mailto:adampatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 August 2005 18:14
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Merging xml files
> 
> Using Instant Saxon 6.5.3
> 
> I have seen previous posts but a bit comfounded at
> getting it to work for me... want to merge identical
> xml files using xslt
> 
> the following is what I have so far...any help on what
> my stylesheet should be would be gratefully received,
> thaks.
> 
> ctt.xml
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <ctt>
> <doc filename="test1.xml"/>
> <doc filename="test2.xml"/>
> <doc filename="test3.xml"/>
> </ctt>
> 
> test1.xml - all xml files have the same format
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <ctt>
> <ctt_doc ctt_doc_ref="1">
> <parent_doc_ref>testthis</parent_doc_ref>
> </ctt_doc>
> </ctt>
> 
> bad xslt stylesheet...(i.e. not working)
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>  version="1.0">
>  
> <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
> <xsl:template match="ctt">
>  <ctt>
>   <xsl:variable name="docs"
> select="document(ctt/doc/@filename)"/>
>   <xsl:for-each select="$docs">
>    <xsl:copy-of select="./ctt_doc"/>
>    <xsl:copy-of select="ctt/ctt_doc/parent_doc_ref"/>
>   </xsl:for-each>
>  </ctt>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> current output upon:
>  saxon -o newtest.xml ctt.xml merge.xsl
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <ctt/>
> 
> would like...
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <ctt>
> <ctt_doc ctt_doc_ref="1">
> <parent_doc_ref>testthis</parent_doc_ref>
> </ctt_doc>
> <ctt_doc ctt_doc_ref="2">
> <parent_doc_ref>testthis</parent_doc_ref>
> </ctt_doc>
> <ctt_doc ctt_doc_ref="3">
> <parent_doc_ref>testthis</parent_doc_ref>
> </ctt_doc>
> </ctt>