Mike Grass wrote:

> I need the path to the node (the selector 'key') to be specified in the
> XML document

> Is this possible with xslt or should I seek some other solution?

"Mike Grass" <mike@accessdata.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have an XML file similar to the following:
> <!-- snippet -->
> <selector key='USER/id' value='type1'/>
> <selector key='USER/id' value='type2'/>
> <selector key='USER/id' value='type3'/>
> <options>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Bob</NAME>
> <id>type1</id>
> </USER>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Jane</NAME>
> <id>type1</id>
> </USER>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Bill</NAME>
> <id>type2</id>
> </USER>
> <!-- ... -->
> </options>
> <!-- end snippet -->
>
> What I would like to do using xslt is for each <selector> tag, look up
> the tag(s) in <options> whose ids match the value of the node
> distinguished by the selector's 'key' attribute, e.g. for the first
> selector, I would like a node-set containing the users Bob and Jane, but
> not Bill.
>
> I need the path to the node (the selector 'key') to be specified in the
> XML document, so I can't do it statically like:
> <xsl:variable name="value" select="selector/@value"/>
> <xsl:for-each select='options/USER/id=$value'>...</xsl:for-each>
>
> I believe that also means I can't use xsl:key, since it must be
> top-level and can't have variable names in its match attribute.
>
> Is this possible with xslt or should I seek some other solution?
>
> Regards,
> --Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have an XML file similar to the following:
><!-- snippet -->
><selector key='USER/id' value='type1'/>
><selector key='USER/id' value='type2'/>
><selector key='USER/id' value='type3'/>
><options>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Bob</NAME>
> <id>type1</id>
> </USER>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Jane</NAME>
> <id>type1</id>
> </USER>
> <USER>
> <NAME>Bill</NAME>
> <id>type2</id>
> </USER>
> <!-- ... -->
></options>
><!-- end snippet -->
>
>What I would like to do using xslt is for each <selector>
tag, look up
>the tag(s) in <options> whose ids match the value of the
node
>distinguished by the selector's 'key' attribute, e.g. for
the first
>selector, I would like a node-set containing the users
Bob and Jane, but
>not Bill.
>
>I need the path to the node (the selector 'key') to be
specified in the
>XML document, so I can't do it statically like:
><xsl:variable name="value" select="selector/@value"/>
><xsl:for-each
select='options/USER/id=$value'>...</xsl:for-each>
>
>I believe that also means I can't use xsl:key, since it
must be
>top-level and can't have variable names in its match
attribute.
>
>Is this possible with xslt or should I seek some other
solution?
>
>Regards,
>--Mike
>.