RE: xsl:key composite keys

Thanks very much Michael and David Carlisle for your suggestion. It works a
treat.

Cheers,
Sue Latham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 November 2003 19:11
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE:  xsl:key composite keys
> 
> You can define a composite key using concat() with a suitable separator.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Latham, SE (Sue)
> > Sent: 10 November 2003 17:29
> > To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject:  xsl:key composite keys
> >
> >
> > I am performing xml-to-xml transformations(XSLT/XPATH V1.0)
> > using xsl:key definitions to cross-refer within a document.
> > Is it possible to define composite keys using xsl:key? For
> > example I can define a key thus:-
> > <xsl:key name="Personkey" match="//Metadata/Person"
> > use="MetadataID/LocalID"/> Where the MetadataID part of the
> > document looks like this:- <MetadataID>
> > 	<ServerID>server1</ServerID>
> > 	<PersonID>Person1</PersonID>
> > </MetadataID>
> > Which I can then use OK like this:-
> > <xsl:variable name="Pkey"  select="somewhere/someID"/>
> > <xsl:for-each select="key('Personkey', $Pkey)"> ... do something...
> >
> > But what I really want is the key to use eveything under
> > 'MetadataID'. So the key would be the concatenation of
> > ServerID & LocalID. e.g. in the case above a string "server1Person1".
> >
> > Is this possible in XSLT/XPATH version 1.0? Will it be
> > possible in version 2.0?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sue Latham
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