Re: [xsl] FW: XSLT newbie

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At 5:17 PM -0500 12/26/06, Thimmegowda, Balaji wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to achieve the following using XSLT :
>
> I apply a XSLT on my source XML to get a path - say, books/author/name
>
> Now, I want to see if this node exists in another xml. Is there a way by
> which this can be achieved using XSLT ?
>
>
> Sample Source XML : The dots are used as delimiters and will later be
> replaced to slashes in the XSLT.
>
> Paths.xml
>
> <Paths>
> 	<path1>books.book.author.name</path1>
> 	<path2>books.book.name</path2>
> </Paths>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
>
> Sample Input XML.
>
> Input.xml
>
> <books>
> 	<book>
> 		<name>a1</book>
> 		<price>10</price>
> 		<author>
> 			<name>b1</name>
> 			<gender>m</gender>
> 		</author>
> 	</book>
> 	<book>
> 		<name>a2</book>
> 		<price>10</price>
> 		<author>
> 			<name>b2</name>
> 			<gender>f</gender>
> 		</author>
> 	</book>
> </books>
>
>
> The XSLT should first get the path from the paths.xml and search the
> Input.xml to see if the node specified by the path exists. Can somebody
> please let me know how to go about solving this.
>
> Regards,
> BT


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