Re: [xsl] how to access the main document from a node-set context?

[Gunther Schadow <gunther@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, thanks! Good idea!

-Gunther

Chris Bayes wrote:

> Put <xsl:variable name="root" select="/" /> at the top of your
> stylesheet and then refer to the original document with $root/someXpath
>
> Ciao Chris
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> > Gunther Schadow
> > Sent: 23 December 2001 02:34
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [xsl] how to access the main document from a 
> > node-set context?
> >
> >
> > Hi, I have run into another problem with my dependency 
> > sorting. Basically what I'm doing is take elements from a 
> > document and rearrange them into a result tree fragment. Then 
> > I run the node-set funtion on them to get a useful new tree 
> > in which I can do Xpath access. Now, I have several links in 
> > my generated tree that point into the main document, but when 
> > I try to follow them (with key or simple xpath search) I can 
> > never access that original document because my context is 
> > this generated node-set. How can I reach back to the original 
> > document?
> >
> > thanks for the hint,
> > -Gunther
> >
> >
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> > Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    
> > gschadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for 
> > Health Care
> > Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School 
> > of Medicine
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Medical Information Scientist      Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960                         http://aurora.regenstrief.org



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