Re: [xsl] XSL QUERY

[Eric Vitiello <xsl-list at perceive dot net>]

-- Jeff Kenton [Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:17:59 -0500]:
>... From: "Tarun Saheja" <tarun.saheja@patni.com>
>... Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 21:05:40 +0530
>...
>... I have an XML Structure  that looks something like this:
>
>This is your problem.  Your <BookName ... > elements don't have an
>Author attribute, which would make the solution trivial.  With what
>you have, you will need to guarantee that your books are all grouped
>by author and do some ugly stuff to check when a new Author is seen.
>
>If you can change your <BookName> elements to contain an author, I
>would
>recommend that.  Especially since the name attribute seems to have
>the
>author embedded in it right now.

as an example:

<Books>
 <Book name="Book1" author="Author1" Type="Fiction" />
 <Book name="Book2" author="Author1" Type="General"/>
 <Book name="Book3" author="Author1" Type="Biography"/>
 <Book name="Book4" author="Author1" Type="Fiction"/>
 <Book name="Book1" author="Author2" Type="Fiction"/>
 <Book name="Book2" author="Author2" Type="Fiction"/>
 <Book name="Book3" author="Author2" Type="Biography"/>
 <Book name="Book4" author="Author2" Type="General"/>
</Books>


and you could:

<xsl:stylesheet>
	<xsl:foreach select="//Book[@Type='Fiction'][@author='Author1']">
		<xsl:value-of select="@name"/>

	</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:stylesheet>


Eric Vitiello
Perceive Designs
Web Design and Consulting
<www.perceive.net>


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