Re: [xsl] question on EXSLT data partitioning

[Martin Honnen <Martin.Honnen@xxxxxx>]

Erwan AMOUREUX wrote:
> Fisrt sorry for my english, litlle out of practice
>
> Second, for this data volume , it would be nice to use key, isn't it ?
> You cannot use a variable for modulo but that accelerate processing
>
> <xsl:key name="part" match="Entity" use="(position() - (position() mod 1000)) div 1000 ">
> [...]
> <xsl:for-each select="Entity[position()  mod 1000 = 0]">
>       <arguments>
>         <xsl:apply-templates select ="key('part',position() div 1000) ">      </arguments>
>     </xsl:for-each>
>
> [...]
>
> I can't test (and make always error with modulo and other...) but that's the scheme

I agree that using a key makes sense but as far as I understand it when 
you use position() in the "use" expression of an "xsl:key" element it 
should be always 1. I have however found XSLT processors that implement 
that differently.

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