Re[2]: [xsl] finding position() of an element in a different context

[Kevin Burges <xmldude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Oliver,

OB> Just count the preceding siblings:
OB> count($matchingForm/preceding-sibling::*)+1

they might not always be siblings, but I could probably just use
preceding:: to do the job.

I've remembered another part of the problem. Look at the structure
again:

<top>
    <visits>
          <visit id="visit1Name"/>
          <visit id="visit2Name"/>
    </visits>
    <formtypes>
        <formtype id="formtype1Name"/>
        <formtype id="formtype2Name"/>
    </visits>
    <forms>
        <form visit="visit1Name" formtype="formtype1Name"/>
        <form visit="visit1Name" formtype="formtype2Name"/>
        <form visit="visit2Name" formtype="formtype2Name"/>
    </forms>
</top>


Am I not right in saying that if I am in the context of a <visit>
element, doing:

  <xsl:variable name="matchingForm"
  select="//forms/form[(@formtypeID = $formtypeID) and (@visitID =
  $visitID)]"/>

will not work, because "//forms" is taken relative to the context
node? Certainly this seems to be happening, as no matches are
occurring.

Is there a way to make this work?


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