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RE: conditional merge


Kevin,
I'm not sure what you want here but you can restrict what is copied by
changing
<xsl:apply-templates/> to <xsl:apply-templates select="something" />

Ciao Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kevin_Gutch@mapinfo.com
> Sent: 29 August 2001 15:16
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] conditional merge
> 
> 
> 
> I am attempting a conditional merge when two elements of 
> different XML files are the same. Using the example below 
> obtained from http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/merge.html#d154e147
> 
>  <xsl:copy-of 
> select="document('a.xml')//id[.=document('b.xml')//id]"/>
> 
> I can match elements. However, when I attempt to  do a little 
> more processing such as is seen below, I fail to get the 
> desired results.  When the elements match I want it to copy 
> that specific element. However, what I have causes every 
> element to be copied. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>   <xsl:template match="l_name">
>   <xsl:if 
> test="document('a.xml')//l_name[.=document('b.xml')//_name]">
>     <xsl:copy>
>       <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
>       <xsl:apply-templates/>
>     </xsl:copy>
>   </xsl:if>
>   </xsl:template>
>   </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
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