RE: Re: Date Parsing (Was: Document() question)

Yes. It was quite simple. 
Here is how I did it (dunno if its best possible way, but...)
xsl-file:
<snip>
<xsl:variable name="TopicIndex" select="document('TopicIndex.xml')"/>
// declare variable where the external xml file is named

	<xsl:variable name="recent">
  		<xsl:for-each select="$TopicIndex//Document//Information">
    		<xsl:sort select="Time" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:sort select="Clock" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:if test="position() = last()">	
		<a href="html?{Subject/@id}{Subject/@id2}">
		<xsl:apply-templates select="Subject" /></a>
		</xsl:if>
		</xsl:for-each>
	</xsl:variable>

	<xsl:variable name="sender">
		<xsl:for-each select="$TopicIndex//Document//Information">
    		<xsl:sort select="Time" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:sort select="Clock" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:if test="position() = last()">	
		<xsl:value-of select="Sender" />
		</xsl:if>
		</xsl:for-each>
	</xsl:variable>
	
	<xsl:variable name="Type">
  		<xsl:for-each select="$TopicIndex//Document//Information">
    		<xsl:sort select="Time" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:sort select="Clock" order="ascending" />
		<xsl:if test="position() = last()">	
		<xsl:value-of select="DocType" />
		</xsl:if>
		</xsl:for-each>
	</xsl:variable>

	<xsl:variable name="NumberOfMessages">
		<xsl:for-each select="$TopicIndex//Document">
		<xsl:value-of select="count(Information)" />
		</xsl:for-each>
	</xsl:variable>
</snip>

xml file (external):
<snip>
<?xml version="1.0"  encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
<Document View="Week" Value="23">

<Information SignStatus="Open">
    <DocType>CDR</DocType>
    <Time>01/09/09</Time>
    <Clock>01:45:03</Clock>
    <Sender>Moilanen Jarkko</Sender>
    <Subject id="0000000004" id2="001">3. JPr hyökkäyskäsky Haminassa</Subject>
    <Subject2>Xsl- muutokset</Subject2>
    <Infofield>
    <Topic>Include hommat ei pelaa</Topic>
    </Infofield>
</Information>
<Information SignStatus="Open">
<DocType>CDR</DocType>
    <Time>01/09/10</Time>
    <Clock>11:45:03</Clock>
    <Sender>Moilanen Jarkko</Sender>
    <Subject id="0000000004" id2="002">RE:3. JPr hyökkäyskäsky 
Haminassa</Subject>
    <Subject2>Xsl- muutokset</Subject2>
    <Infofield>
    <Topic>Include hommat ei pelaa</Topic>
    </Infofield>
</Information>
</Document>
</snip>


I understood that this can also be done by xsl:key, right?

Cheers 

Jarkko

> It's not at all clear from your posting where your problems lie. It
> doesn't sound like a difficult problem, so there must be some simple
> point that you have missed. Perhaps if you show us your stylesheet we
> will be able to tell you where you are going wrong.
> 
> Michael Kay
> Software AG
> home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> > Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx
> > Sent: 12 June 2002 08:04
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Re: Date Parsing (Was: Document() question)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > This is not what I ment. I ment that I need to read the 
> > latest/newest values 
> > from a different xml- file. To be more exact: while processing 
> > 000000001001.xml I need the values mentioned before from file 
> > TopicIndex.xml.
> > 
> > But thanks for the sorting, which I am familiar already =)
> > 
> > Jarkko
> > 
> > Lainaus Peter Davis <pdavis152@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > 
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> > > 
> > > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 22:33, Jarkko.Moilanen@xxxxxx wrote:
> > > > I need to find the latest document from file TopicIndex.xml and 
> > > > insert
> > > the
> > > > values to 000000001001.xml file. Values that I need are: 
> > SignStatus, 
> > > > DocType, Time, Sender, Subject. The result is shown in 
> > html format.
> > > 
> > > So the hard part is really just finding the "latest" <Information> 
> > > element. Fortunately, you're date and time formats are easily 
> > > parseable, and more importantly, the parts of the date and time (1) 
> > > begin with the most significant digits, and (2) are padded with 0's 
> > > for numbers less than 10.
> > > Those qualities mean that you can use <xsl:sort> to sort 
> > the date and
> > > time
> > > alphabetically, and then select the latest one from the sorted list.
> > > 
> > > Once you sort the list of <Information> elements, you have 
> > to choose 
> > > the last one from the list.  The easiest way to do that is with the 
> > > position() and
> > > last() functions, which will let you test the position of each
> > > <Information> 
> > > element in the sorted list.  Finally, once you get the desired
> > > <Information> 
> > > element, you just copy the necessary child elements to the 
> > result tree.
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="Document">
> > >   <Result>
> > >     <xsl:apply-templates select="Information">
> > >       <!-- this stage is simple because your date and time 
> > formats are 
> > > already
> > >         sortable; other formats might require additional 
> > processing, 
> > > since
> > >         XPath does not have a build in date parser/sorter -->
> > >       <xsl:sort select="Time"/>
> > >       <!-- sort by Time (date) first, and then by the clock if two 
> > > dates are
> > >         the same -->
> > >       <xsl:sort select="Clock"/>
> > >     </xsl:apply-templates>
> > >   </Result>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > <xsl:template match="Information">
> > >   <!-- if the current element is the last element in the 
> > sorted list -->
> > >   <xsl:if test="position() = last()">
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="SignStatus"/>
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="DocType"/>
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="Time"/>
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="Sender"/>
> > >     <xsl:copy-of select="Subject"/>
> > >   </xsl:if>
> > > </xsl:template>
> > > 
> > > HTH
> > > 
> > > - --
> > > Peter Davis
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> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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