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Re: [xsl] Problem with obtaining distinct values from a variable containg a nodeset

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On 11/30/05, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is dead easy in XSLT 2.0, but assuming that you want a 1.0 solution,
> the only common grouping technique that works on a node-set that might
> contain nodes from different documents is Ken Holman's variable-based
> grouping technique. Google on that, or see
> http://www.stylusstudio.com/xsllist/200410/post20410.html


Not the only one -- see also the makeDistinct template from FXSL,
which allows to find distinct values in any nodeset, even when the
nodes belong to different documents:

For an explanation and a concrete example see:

    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/xsl-list/2002-07/msg00832.html

and

    http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/200112/msg00805.html



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Dimitre Novatchev
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