Re: [xsl] sort; no duplicates

["Vasu Chakkera" <vasucv@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

William

> <xsl:for-each 
> select="contents/entry/city[not(.=preceding-sibling::contents/entry/city)]">

...this will search for the preceding sibling named 'contents' for the node 
'city'..and that doesnt exist ( content is not a sibling for city)

you may want to use
<xsl:for-each
select="/contents/entry/city[not(.=preceding::city)]">

HTH
Vasu



> From: "William S." <wstan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: xsl-list <XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [xsl] sort; no duplicates
> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:01:53 +0200
>
> I have looked at the FAQ(s) and not been able to get the
> sort/no duplicate thing to work. Below is an example
> of an XML and XSL file. All I want to do is print out
> the data so I have a list of cities with no duplicates.
> With the example XML below that would be:
>
> 	'boston new york'
>
> Can someone revise my stylesheet so it will work.
> I am using php with Sablotron.
>
> *** sort.xml
>
> <?xml version="1.0" ?>
> <contents>
> <entry>
> <city>boston</city><record>one</record>
> </entry>
>
> <entry>
> <city>boston</city><record>two</record>
> </entry>
>
> <entry>
> <city>new york</city><record>one</record>
> </entry>
> </contents>
>
> *** sort.xsl
>
> <xsl:template match="/"> <!-- At top of page -->
>
> <xsl:for-each 
> select="contents/entry/city[not(.=preceding-sibling::contents/entry/city)]">
>         <xsl:sort/>
>         <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:for-each>
>
> </xsl:template> <!-- At bottom of page -->
> --
> Bill
> Amsterdam, NL
>
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