Re: document() and xpath

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Subject: Re: document() and xpath
From: Francis Norton <francis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:06:44 +0100

Hi Meltem,

Meltem Kogelbauer wrote:

My problem is with the xpath (I think) in <apply-templates> element. When
looping in the external XML, how can I write the XPath to the current
document? Is this possible?

The problem is in fact with the for-each element, which has changed the current document, and thus the context in which your inner XPath is evaluated.

But you can, in this case, fight fire with fire - try:

<variable name="myRoot" select="/" />
<for-each select="document('xml.xml')/menu/name">
 <value-of select="text()"/>
 <for-each select="$myRoot">
   <apply-templates select="/page/form" />
 </for-each>
</for-each>

where the inner for-each is used not for repetition, but only for the side-effect of changing back to your original document.

Francis.

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document() and xpath Meltem Kogelbauer - Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:34:17 -0400 (EDT) Francis Norton - Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:02:24 -0400 (EDT) <= Michael Kay - Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:02:34 -0400 (EDT) Joerg Heinicke - Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:09:26 -0400 (EDT) <Possible follow-ups> Dion Houston - Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:58:31 -0400 (EDT) Meltem Kogelbauer - Tue, 30 Apr 2002 03:07:10 -0400 (EDT)

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