Re: [xsl] document() loops

["Laura Jenkins" <xsl_list@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> You either need an absolute path to univ-xml[2], or you need to store it in 
> a

i tried doing the absolute path..
by using.
<second-xml>
<xsl:for-each 
select="document(/univ-xml-list/univ-xml[2])/university-records/univ-ids/univ">
<!-- TO ITERATE THROUGH THE 2nd XML -->
<xsl:value-of select="name"/>
</xsl:for-each>
</second-xml>

It still doesnt work


> From: Peter Davis <pdavis152@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] document() loops
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 06:27:29 -0700
>
> On Friday 13 September 2002 06:10, Laura Jenkins wrote:
> > <xsl:for-each
> > select="document(univ-xml[1])/university-records/univ-ids/univ">
> > <xsl:element name= "univ{position()}">
> > <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
> > </xsl:element>
> > <xsl:if test= "position() = last()">
> > <second-xml>
> > <xsl:for-each
> > select="document(univ-xml[2])/university-records/univ-ids/univ">
>                    ^^^^^^^^
>
> There is your problem: you have a relative XPath expression.  The first
> for-each evaluates its expression in the context of whatever node you
> selected outside the for-each, presumably a univ-xml-list from your 
> example.
> The second for-each is evaluating its expression in the context of what was
> selected from the first for-each, which is
> "/university-records/univ-ids/univ".  For this to work, the document loaded
> by the first document() would have to look like this:
>
> <university-records>
>   <univ-ids>
>     <univ>
>       <univ-xml>ignored</univ-xml>
>       <univ-xml>this is univ-xml[2]</univ-xml>
> </>
>
> I'm guessing that's not what you want.  If it is, ignore me.
>
> You either need an absolute path to univ-xml[2], or you need to store it in 
> a
> variable before the first for-each changes the context.  For example:
>
> <xsl:variable name="univ-xml-2" select="univ-xml[2]"/>
> <xsl:for-each select="document(univ-xml[1])/...">
>   ...
>   <xsl:for-each select="document($univ-xml-2)/...">
>     ...
> </>
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Peter Davis
>
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