RE: [xsl] Count items in a key ?

[Scott Trenda <Scott.Trenda@xxxxxxxx>]

New XSLT 2.1 feature? :)

~ Scott


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From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [xsl] Count items in a key ?

  On 13/10/2010 3:23 PM, Fabien Tillier wrote:
> Hi List.
> I would like to know if it is possible to get all "key" item from an
> xsl:key ?
> I mean:
> when you define a key, say:
> 	<xsl:key name="mykey" match="NODE" use="@id"/>
>
> You can retrieve all NODE nodes with a given @id attribute.
> But is it possible to retrieve all distinct @id values from the key ?
> (I know it is possible to get them from the XML file, but wouldn't it be
> faster to get what is already retrieved ?)
>
>
No, this isn't available. I don't think there's any good reason for not 
providing it.

Michael Kay
Saxonica