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Re: document() and xpath


Hi Meltem,

Meltem Kogelbauer wrote:

>My problem is with the xpath (I think) in <apply-templates> element. When
>looping in the external XML, how can I write the XPath to the current
>document? Is this possible?
>
The problem is in fact with the for-each element, which has changed the 
current document, and thus the context in which your inner XPath is 
evaluated.

But you can, in this case, fight fire with fire - try:

<variable name="myRoot" select="/" />
<for-each select="document('xml.xml')/menu/name">
  <value-of select="text()"/>
  <for-each select="$myRoot">
    <apply-templates select="/page/form" />
  </for-each>
</for-each>

where the inner for-each is used not for repetition, but only for the 
side-effect of changing back to your original document.

Francis.



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