Re: [xsl] Can this hard-coded template be generalized?

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2011-10-02 16:40 -0700, Mark wrote:
> That will take a bit of digesting - I have to learn more XPath! I 
> did not even know there was a distinct-values().

All the more reason to buy the book or DVD!  :{)}

BTW, I did mistype my last message in my haste (I'm busy writing yet 
another brand new training class for its inaugural delivery this week).

> From: G. Ken Holman
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 4:26 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] Can this hard-coded template be generalized?
> ...
> In the above the context node "." in the loop is the string of the
> attribute (not the attribute itself) and so you leverage it to find

should be: "... and so you cannot leverage it to find ..."

> surrounding source tree information.  If you still need access to the
> source tree, use the grouping method to preserve the nodes.  Note
> there is no definition of "/" (root node) when "." isn't a node.

. . . . . . . . Ken


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