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Peter.Hunsberger wrote: > > If you use xsl:key then (separate) key tables are made for that match in > > _every_ document processed (conceptually, the system probably has > > optimisations so it doesn't produce tables that are never used). > > > > when you use key('foo','bar') it looks up bar in the foo table > > associated with the current document. So you just need to make sure you > > are > > in the document that you want, so > > Umm, all fine and good, but how do you generate the key table in the first > place? I don't want the keys on the main document, I want them on the > document processed by document() (or in some cases on the data produced by > an extension)... You don't generate anything -- that's the responsibility of the processor. Most implementations will "index" on an as-needed basis, so if you don't refer to a key, there won't be any overhead. Since the key() function can only return nodes in the same document as the context node, a processor is required to keep information separate for each source document. Again, with most implementations, that means only the documents for which there is a call of the key() function will be "indexed". Both Xalan-J and Xalan-C++ implement keys this way. Dave XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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