[xsl] Re: retrieve data from #1 xml via data from #2 xml

["Walter Torres" <walter at torres dot ws>]

I need to beat this dead horse one more time, please...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeni Tennison [mailto:mail@jenitennison.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:58 PM
> To: Walter Torres
> Cc: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: Re: [xsl] retrive data from #1 xml via data from #2 xml

I defined my variables thus...

 <xsl:variable name="data"
               select="/callEvent//interaction" />

 <xsl:variable name="columns"
               select="document('tableData.xml')/titles/display/@id" />

This works nice.

I get data as I think I should.

> So if you want to iterate over the interaction elements, then you can
> either change it so that the node that the column ids are resolved
> relative to are the events/call_event grandchildren of the interaction
> element with:
>
> <tr>
>    <xsl:for-each select="$data">
>       <xsl:variable name="datum" select="events/call_event" />
>       <xsl:for-each select="$columns">
>          <xsl:variable name="column" select="." />
>          <td>
>             <xsl:value-of select="$datum/*[name() = $column]" />
>          </td>
>       </xsl:for-each>
>    </xsl:for-each>
> </tr>

I finally get what this is doing!

But it's not helping, (well, it mostly is but...)

[   My dummy data has 3 records, 12 fields
    My tabelData has 6 of the above 12 fields
    Thats all I want to see, a sub set
]


My problem with this is that when I run this, I get 3 rows, as I should
but I also get all 12 fields, not just the 6 as defined in tableData.

So I figure I need some conditional in here to see if the current NODE is
part of the tableData NODE set.

I just can't figure how to get that piece of info out of the 'variable' set
I have.

After several days of banging my head against the wall I thought I would ask
for help (again!).

Walter




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