Re: [xsl] Merging two XML documents

[cutlass <cutlass at secure0 dot com>]

Simon Reed wrote:

> Being relatively new to xml I have come across a problem, which is as
> follows:
> What is the best method to merge and/or update 2 XML's with the same
> structure. The merging/updating XML will only contain a section of a larger
> XML it is to be merged into but the structure will be identical from the
> root node. Examples are shown below:
> XML to merge
> <page>
> 	<type>
> 		<address>
> 			<addressline1>34 th Street</addressline1>
> 			<addressline2>USA</addressline2>
> 		</address>
> 	</type>
> 

faq on using document() function
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/N2602.html#N18697


faq on merging
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/merge.html

depending on what u mean by 'merge', this can be done using one xml file 
as your list of files to process ( note-with sablot xsl parser u must 
use file:////  for filepaths), then having the xsl recurse through this 
list, loading test1, test2, and so on...... and doing a xsl:copy.

what i could not get from your email was if u wanted to merge records 
from different documents, might be able to help more if u give an ex of 
required output.

test.xsl( as adopted from Steve Tinney from XSLT FAQ )
-----------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" 
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="file">
     <xsl:variable name="pathname" select="."/>
     <xsl:variable name="contents" select="document($pathname)"/>
         <xsl:copy-of select="$contents"/>
     </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


test.xml ( as adopted from Steve Tinney from XSLT FAQ )
-----------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mother>
   <file>test1.xml</file>
   <file>test2.xml</file>
</mother>

test1.xml
-------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<page>
<order>
<item cost="100">CD-ROM</item>
</order>
<type>
<name>abc</name>
<name>jkl</name>
<name>mno</name>
<name>pqr</name>
<address>
<addressline1>43 sdfsdf</addressline1>
</address>
<address>
<addressline1>64 The Road</addressline1>
<addressline2>Big City</addressline2>
<addressline3>UK</addressline3>
</address>
</type>
</page>

test2.xml
-------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<page>
<type>
<address>
<addressline1>34 th Street</addressline1>
<addressline2>USA</addressline2>
</address>
</type>
</page>


cheers, jim fuller


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