RE: Expression Logic Problem

Thanks for replying, Joerg and Robert. I was already 
sorting (I didn't show the template that applied my 
example template), so your first suggestion worked 
flawlessly, Joerg. Your explanations saved my sanity.

Regards,
Garrel Renick

-----Original Message-----
From: Joerg Heinicke [mailto:joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:55 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  Expression Logic Problem


Hello Garrel,

self::node()[1] does not work, because self::node() selects the only the 
current node --> it's only one, so self::node()[1] is true for every node.

position() does not work (I can only guess, because this part of 
stylesheet is missing) because you apply-templates through either 
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/> or <xsl:apply-templates 
select="item"/> or <xsl:apply-templates select="node()"/>. So you either 
get only once output of 'Snow White' or nothing because text nodes are 
counted too.

The solution to your problem is a grouping method, for example using 
preceding-sibling axis or Muenchian Grouping.

1. preceding-sibling:

Instead of <xsl:if test="self::node()[1]"> use <xsl:if 
test="not(preceding-sibling::field/@id = @id)">

2. Muenchian Grouping:

<!-- this is the grouping key -->
<xsl:key name="fields" match="field" use="@id"/>
<!-- this one is for faster access to resultfields -->
<xsl:key name="resultfields" match="resultfield" use="@id"/>

<xsl:template match="record">
   <xsl:apply-templates select="field[generate-id() = 
generate-id(key('fields', @id))]" mode="unique"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="field" mode="unique">
   <xsl:value-of select="key('resultfields', @id)"/>:
   <xsl:apply-templates select="key('fields', @id)"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="field">
   <xsl:value-of select="."/><br/>
</xsl:template>

Furthermore I would remove disable-output-escaping, because you don't 
need it and it's not portable: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N2215.html

Regards,

Joerg

Renick, Garrel wrote:
> Hello. I'm trying to solve an expression logic problem and I'm stumped.
> I'm trying to determine if the context node I'm matching in a 
> template is the first element. If it is, I want to prepend 
> some information. If it isn't first, I just want to display the 
> data. However, it seems as though every element matches my 
> expression that tries to determine if the element is first. 
> If someone could help me understand my delimma, I'd greatly 
> appreciate it. Here is a sample of my data and my template:
> 
> My data:
> <document>
>  <configure>
>    <server>
>      <resultfield id="100">Snow White</resultfield>
>      <resultfield id="50">Mickey Mouse</resultfield>
>    </server>
>  </configure>
>  <record>
>    <field id="100">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</field>
>    <field id="100">A story about some dwarves and their friend</field>
>    <field id="50">Fantasia</field>
>  <record>
> </document>
> 
> My Template:
> 
> <xsl:template match="field">
>   <xsl:variable name="id" select="@id"/>
>   <xsl:choose>
>     <!-- when the ID of the resultfield returned by the server matches 
>          the ID of a resultfield to display in the configuration data 
>          and it is the first one, display the resultfield value and precede 
>          it with the display name from the configuration data. If it isn't
>          first, just display the resultfield value 
>     -->
>     <xsl:when test="/document/configure/server/resultfield/@id=$id">
>       <xsl:if test="self::node()[1]">
>         <!-- I've also tried position()=1 here without success -->
>         <xsl:value-of select="/document/configure/server/resultfield[@id=$id]"/>:
>       </xsl:if>
>       <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="."/>
>       <br/>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise/>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> The data I expect and want:
> 
> Snow White: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
> A story about some dwarves and their friend
> Mickey Mouse: Fantasia
> 
> 
> The data I get:
> 
> Snow White: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
> Snow White: A story about some dwarves and their friend
> Mickey Mouse: Fantasia
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Garrel Renick
> garrel@xxxxxxxx


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