Subject: RE: XSLT wish list From: "Julian Reschke" <reschke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:39:20 +0200 |
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > simon.2.thompson@xxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 12:59 PM > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: XSLT wish list > > > Is it just me, or would the thing be for XSL to be able to compare values > across contexts as in > > <!--doggerel xslish follows--> > <xsl:template match= "/database/elementName[attribute > (keyAttribute)=="/database/secondElementType/keyAttribute]/> > <!-- end doggerel xslish --> > > although I might just be demonstrating the depth of my ignorance on the > subject, I can't find the syntax to do this in the current implementation > (ie 5). I think that this is a function of the way that the > engine looks at > the current context, and cannot store an intermediate value. > > If it is possible to do this, or this could be done, then I think XSL > is/could be an absolute winner. As it is, I think that resorting > to jscript > to store the intermediate values is just too messy for words (and > certainly > for serious applications). Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/reference/xsl/ChangingContext_context.asp -- Julian F. Reschke (mailto:reschke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) MedicalData Service GmbH Münster, Germany XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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