RE: [xsl] Not a nested for loop.

Subject: RE: [xsl] Not a nested for loop.
From: DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:30:47 -0000
Mike wrote:
> The XSLT 1.0 solution is
> 
> <xsl:copy-of select="r[cat-num = document('ext.xml')/bk/n]"/>
> 
> and this continues to work in XSLT 2.0.

Even slicker than Jeni's key solution.

> 
> What XSLT 2.0 (or XPath 2.0) gives you is the ability to 
> extend this to do a
> join that isn't a pure equijoin. For example if you want to 
> do a case-blind
> comparison you can now write:
> 
> <xsl:copy-of select="r[some $c in document('ext.xml')/bk/n
>                        satisfies upper($c)=upper(cat-num)]"/>
> 

Even slicker.

thanks Mike, Jeni.

Regards DaveP

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