Re: [xsl] Using for-each w/ page-sequence results in "NC105 ID already exists in this document" error

[Sharon_Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I apologize as I did not explain myself very well.

I did not run into the problem of duplicate IDs when I had all the page
sequences contained within a template. And I was able to successful output
with 1 problem, the Lesson page sequence would not repeat. That is when I
decided to try a for-each for the Lesson page sequence and is also when I
encountered the problem w/ duplicate IDs. If I don't use a for-each, I
don't have a problem w/ duplicate IDs but the page sequence does not
repeat.

Thanks for your help!
Sharon


                                                                           
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At 2007-09-20 09:56 -0400, Sharon_Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Thank you so much for replying.
>
> >Those should be ref-id= attributes and not id= attributes.  Check
> >your XSL-FO instance to make sure <page-number-citation> is using
ref-id=.
>
>Yes, I am using ref-id.
>
>Before trying the for-each, I had all the page sequences contained within
a
>template. I had 6 page sequences within that template that applied to 5
>different elements (cover, disclaimer, toc, introduction, lessons,
>evaluation). There are multiple instances of the Lesson element but the
>Lesson page sequence did not start over for each instance, which is why I
>tried using a for-each. I had the page sequences contained within the
>following template.

My quick observation finds the prevalent (and execution wasteful) use
of "//" throughout your stylesheet.  I suspect you may misunderstand
the application and utility of this construct.  It is the number one
reason why many stylesheets execute slowly, and in this case, the
repetition inferred by "//" is likely causing the duplicate identifiers.

In another message you comment that you cannot see the generated
XSL-FO.  You can always inspect your generated XSL-FO by running your
XML with your XSLT outside of the XSL-FO processor as a standalone
transformation.

Looking over the supplied code, I really cannot tell quickly where
things are going wrong.

I suggest again that you generate your XSL-FO standalone and inspect
the results and this should reveal all to you.

As for stylesheet writing techniques, there are limited use cases for
"//" and I tell my students to avoid using it unless they really wish
to traverse the *entire* source node tree looking for
constructs.  This is rarely required.  Many new users of XSLT think
that "//" is somehow a shortcut, but it is just plain inappropriate.

If I were to guess, I would suspect you are improperly using "//" to
generate multiple copies of XSL-FO constructs with identifiers.  But
where that happens will not be known until you inspect the generated
XSL-FO.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . Ken

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