Re: [xsl] combining the children of similar nodes under one node

[David Montalvo <damontal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Andreas. I'll give it a try. Is that method you suggested known 
as the Meunchian method? I remember reading about it somewhere...
dave

> Sounds like a grouping-problem...
>
> Try something like:
>
> <xsl:stylesheet ...>
> <xsl:key name="prods-by-name" match="product" use="name" />
> <xsl:key name="style-type-by-prod" match="style | type"
>          use="concat(parent::product/name,.)" />
>
> <xsl:variable name="distinct-prods"
>   select="//product[generate-id(.)=generate-id(
>     key('prods-by-name',name))]" />
>
> <xsl:template match="root">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="$distinct-prods" mode="merge"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="product" mode="merge">
>   <xsl:copy>
>     <xsl:copy-of select="name" />
>     <xsl:apply-templates select="key('prods-by-name',name)" 
> mode="list" />
>   </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="product" mode="list">
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="(style | 
> type)[generate-id(.)=generate-id(
>                          key('style-type-by-prod',concat(
>                            current()/name,.)))]" />
> </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template match="style | type">
>   <xsl:copy-of select="." />
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>


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