Re: [xsl] xsl:key match all values

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl,

At 06:30 PM 3/28/2005, you wrote:
> Hmmmm... a thought:
>
> Might a variable serve as a shortcut to a pre-selected result of data?

Certainly. If your key is constant (maybe that value really is always '1') 
there's really no point in indexing elements: you may as well just find 
them once and be done with it.

In this case, a global variable declaration could simply say

<xsl:variable name="BBB-children" select="//BBB[@t='1']/*"/>

... which amounts to exactly what was suggested by others in this thread.

You put the variable declaration at the top level so it is (a) evaluated 
only once even by a naive processor, and (b) it's accessible from any template.

Cheers,
Wendell


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