Thanks Michael,

 

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From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:03 PM
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Subject: RE:  Check for duplicate @id's - collection()

> 
> Can you elaborate on >id="gen.{generate-id()}
> 
> I have never scene this syntax gen. 
> 

It's a standard attribute value template. Any attribute of a literal result
element can include embedded XPath expressions within curly braces.

Perhaps you're more used to seeing cases where the whole attribute is a
single embedded expression, as in

id="{generate-id()}"

Michael Kay
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