Re: [xsl] Duplicate Elimination

[Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx>]

As suspected it was possible to avoid grouping. See the predicate
tacked on to B/Date.

Thanks all.

<xsl:apply-templates select="A/Date | B/Date[not(A/Date/text() = text())]>
   <xsl:sort select="." order="ascending"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Ihe Onwuka <ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes that did occur but grouping syntax is not something I retain in
> short term memory so am going to try and avoid that...... we'll see.
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hate to say it, but this is nicely handled as a grouping problem:
>>
>> <xsl:for-each-group select="(A|B)/Date" group-by=".">
>>   <xsl:apply-templates select=".'/> <!-- applies a template to the
>> first member of each group -->
>>   <!-- select="current-group()[1]" to be more explicit -->
>> </xsl:for-each-group>
>>
>> Many grouping problems are hidden in plain sight. :-)
>>
>> Cheers, Wendell
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Martin Holmes <mholmes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> If the text content of the element is all you care about, you could do
>>> something like this:
>>>
>>> <xsl:variable name="distinctDates">
>>> <xsl:for-each select="distinct-values(A/Date | B/Date)">
>>>         <xsl:sort/>
>>>         <Date><xsl:value-of select="."/></Date>
>>> </xsl:for-each>
>>> </xsl:variable>
>>>
>>> <xsl:apply-templates select="$distinctDates/Date"/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14-03-12 01:34 PM, Ihe Onwuka wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have Date elements coming from 2 different parents.
>>>>
>>>> <A>
>>>>    <Date>blah</Date>
>>>> </A>
>>>>
>>>> <B>
>>>>      <Date>blah</Date>
>>>> </B>
>>>>
>>>> I am doing
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:apply-templates select="A/Date | B/Date>
>>>>     <xsl:sort select="." order="ascending"/>
>>>> </xsl:apply-templates>
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:template match="Date">
>>>>   etc
>>>> </xsl:template>
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed that when A and B have a child element of the same date
>>>> the Date template gets fired on each occasion, whereas I only want it
>>>> fired once
>>>>
>>>> I  thought the union operator in the apply-templates would have the
>>>> effect of  eliminating duplicates or aren't they duplicates if they
>>>> have the same content but come from different parents.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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