Re: [xsl] unknown number of columns...

[Herwig Posedu <herwig.posedu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Carlisle wrote:

>  the second question is. how can i tell it to begin on a new page after 
>  each table?
>
>
> you just have to insert appropriate properties into the FO tree.
> <fo:table break-before="page">....
perfect - thx

>  the problem is, that after beginning a new table the position() seems to 
>  reset to 0 ->
>
> postion() is never 0, also it is a property of the current node list
> not a property of the node in the input document, so position() always
> relates to the Xpath used to select a node. Why is that a problem
> though?
>
>  
>
> > then there comes the new table, and the title is 1-5 again, but should 
> > be 6-10 and so on...
> >    
> oh you probably want something like
>
> <xsl:for-each select="inventorlist[position() mod $n = 1">
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="position() - 1"/>
> <fo:table>...
> <fo:table-head>..
> <fo:table-body>...
> <fo:table-row>
> <xsl:for-each select=".|following-sibling::inventorlist[position()&lt;$n">
> <xsl:variable name="x" select="position()"/>
>  <fo:table-cell...
>    <xsl:value-of select="$n * $x + $y"/>
>      
> </xsl:for-each>
>
>  


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