Re: [xsl] Sorting unique and sub-total problem

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger,

Yes, this is definitely progress.

At 02:01 PM 6/3/2004, you wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the pointer.... I have now progressed some what, but I
> still can see to get subtotals...
> I stripped the XSL down so I can concentrate on the problem.  So now I
> have....
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>       xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>
> <xsl:key name="cards" match="ITEM" use="CARD/@number" />
>
> <xsl:template match="/">
>       <xsl:for-each select="/ITEMS" >
>                   <xsl:call-template name="create-body" />
>       </xsl:for-each>
>  </xsl:template>
>
> <xsl:template name="create-body" >
> <BR/>
> SELECTING UNIQUE USING A FOR-EACH
> <xsl:for-each select="./ITEM[CARD/@number and
>       generate-id(.) = generate-id(key('cards', CARD/@number))]" >
>
>       <BR/>
>       CARD:   <xsl:value-of select="./CARD/@number"/>
>       NUMBER: <xsl:value-of select="count(key('cards', ./CARD/@number))" />
>
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> </xsl:stylesheet>

This is cool, but I think you don't want the count() function (which counts 
a set of nodes) but rather the sum() function (which sums the numeric 
values of a set of nodes).

Would that do it?

Cheers,
Wendell


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