RE: [xsl] Parsing two XML files at the same time

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> So, I am in the first XML, do some processing, write the IDs 
> in the 2nd XML. Then I open 2nd XML, read the ID and now I 
> want to go back to first XML, find the matching articles and 
> list the descriptions for those. Any help is greatly appreciated.

The standard approach is to declare a global variable

<xsl:variable name="root" select="/"/>

and then you can refer to your primary input document at any time using
the variable $root.

Michael Kay


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