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RE: conditional merge
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- Subject: RE: [xsl] conditional merge
- From: "Chris Bayes" <chris at bayes dot co dot uk>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:28:53 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at lists dot mulberrytech dot com
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
XML/XSL Portal
http://www.bayes.co.uk/xml
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> Kevin_Gutch@mapinfo.com
> Sent: 29 August 2001 15:16
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> Subject: [xsl] conditional merge
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>
> 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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