Matching values of nodes to apply templates

[david hepworth]

Hi All
I will try to explain my problem.

I am wishing to apply a template to the following XML. There are
multiple event nodes within the register root node. For each of the
event nodes there are a list of students taking the Event. I wish to
apply a template (and thus get the data) for the same student across
the events. I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

Many thanks in advance.

David
<register>
<event>
<code>1</code>
<date>...</date>

[David Carlisle]

I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

<xsl:apply-templates select="event/student[code=18]"/>

will apply templates to student elements with code=18 whatever event
they are in.

David

[david hepworth]

David Carlisle <da****@nag.co. uk> wrote in message news:<yg******* ******@penguin. nag.co.uk>...

I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

<xsl:apply-templates select="event/student[code=18]"/>

will apply templates to student elements with code=18 whatever event
they are in.

David

Thanks for this.

The problem that I can forsee with this is that i dont actually know
the students code.
I need to show a line of details for each student. There will be
different numbers of students with different codes per print out.

Thanks

David

[David Carlisle]

dh*******@bigfo ot.com (david hepworth) writes:

David Carlisle <da****@nag.co. uk> wrote in message news:<yg******* ******@penguin. nag.co.uk>...

I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

<xsl:apply-templates select="event/student[code=18]"/>

will apply templates to student elements with code=18 whatever event
they are in.

David

Thanks for this.

The problem that I can forsee with this is that i dont actually know
the students code.
I need to show a line of details for each student. There will be
different numbers of students with different codes per print out.

Thanks

David

just replace the literal 18 in the code I posted with whatever code you
need to calculate the value. (Or perhaps simpler calcualte teh value
first in a variable, and use a variable reference instead of 18)

[Joris Gillis]

> I am wishing to apply a template to the following XML. There are

multiple event nodes within the register root node. For each of the
event nodes there are a list of students taking the Event. I wish to
apply a template (and thus get the data) for the same student across
the events. I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

Hi,

I think this might be a way to the solution of your problem.

<xsl:key name="students" match="student/code" use="."/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="//student[generate-id(code) =
generate-id(key('student s',code))]">
<xsl:sort select="name"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="student" >
student name: <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//event[student/code=current()/code]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="event">
event: <xsl:value-of select="code"/>
</xsl:template>

this code produces:

student name: Janet Bloggs
event: 1
event: 2
student name: Joe Bloggs
event: 1
event: 2

Is this useful?
Joris Gillis

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[david hepworth]

ro**@pandora.be (Joris Gillis) wrote in message news:<a4******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

I am wishing to apply a template to the following XML. There are
multiple event nodes within the register root node. For each of the
event nodes there are a list of students taking the Event. I wish to
apply a template (and thus get the data) for the same student across
the events. I can apply the template to student 18 for event 1, how
do i then get the data for student 18 from event 2 and then for event
3 and so on?

Hi,

I think this might be a way to the solution of your problem.

<xsl:key name="students" match="student/code" use="."/>

<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="//student[generate-id(code) =
generate-id(key('student s',code))]">
<xsl:sort select="name"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="student" >
student name: <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
<xsl:apply-templates select="//event[student/code=current()/code]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="event">
event: <xsl:value-of select="code"/>
</xsl:template>

this code produces:

student name: Janet Bloggs
event: 1
event: 2
student name: Joe Bloggs
event: 1
event: 2

Is this useful?
Joris Gillis

Many thanks to both of you for your help - I believe that this will work.
David