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RE: Solved: Inserting data from secondary XML document ...
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] Solved: Inserting data from secondary XML document ...
- From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay at iclway dot co dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:01:39 +0100
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> Looks like I solved it.
>
> <xsl:template match="string1">
> <xsl:variable name="temp" select="."/>
> <xsl:variable name="value">
> <xsl:value-of
> select="document('second.xml')//db_column_name1[.=$temp]/../@num"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> <xsl:value-of select="$value"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
Good, though your solution is still rather clumsy. You could replace it with
<xsl:template match="string1">
<xsl:value-of
select="document('second.xml')/rowset/row[db_column_name1=current()]/@num"/>
</xsl:template>
And if you want performance, it would be better to define a key.
Mike Kay
Software AG
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