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Re: how to access the main document from a node-set context?


Ah, thanks! Good idea!

-Gunther

Chris Bayes wrote:

> Put <xsl:variable name="root" select="/" /> at the top of your
> stylesheet and then refer to the original document with $root/someXpath
> 
> 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 
>>Gunther Schadow
>>Sent: 23 December 2001 02:34
>>To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>>Subject: [xsl] how to access the main document from a 
>>node-set context?
>>
>>
>>Hi, I have run into another problem with my dependency 
>>sorting. Basically what I'm doing is take elements from a 
>>document and rearrange them into a result tree fragment. Then 
>>I run the node-set funtion on them to get a useful new tree 
>>in which I can do Xpath access. Now, I have several links in 
>>my generated tree that point into the main document, but when 
>>I try to follow them (with key or simple xpath search) I can 
>>never access that original document because my context is 
>>this generated node-set. How can I reach back to the original 
>>document?
>>
>>thanks for the hint,
>>-Gunther
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    
>>gschadow@regenstrief.org
>>Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for 
>>Health Care
>>Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School 
>>of Medicine
>>tel:1(317)630-7960                         
>>http://aurora.regenstrief.org
>>
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org



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