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Subject: Re: [xsl] Need to use document() in key definition From: "Tony Graham" <tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:51:07 -0000 (GMT) |
On Wed, December 4, 2013 5:33 pm, dvint@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > I'm trying to build a look up table by using keys but I have 2 documents > that I'm working with. The primary document that the stylesheet is > processing has the values that I want to verify are in the second > document. This second document is passed in as a parameter to the > stylesheet. So I was trying to do this: ... > I also tried processing this second document with a template of its own, > so I could use the <xsl:key> element without passing the document > information in. That fails because <xsl:key> is a top level element and > can't be used in a template. > > I can't change the selection of which document to process, is there an > option here that I missed? Keys 'just work' for every document. To lookup something in the secondary document, use the document-node of the secondary document as the third, 'selected subtree', argument to 'key()' [1]: key($key-name as xs:string, $key-value as xs:anyAtomicType*, $top as node()) as node()* Tony Graham tgraham@xxxxxxxxxx Consultant http://www.mentea.net Mentea 13 Kelly's Bay Beach, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- XML, XSL-FO and XSLT consulting, training and programming Chair, Print and Page Layout Community Group @ W3C [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#keys
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