nested loops and conditional statements

[Porthos]

Here's yet another question. Thanks for your patience/advice. I am
trying to match attributes from different paths in different files and
display an attribute of the subordinate tag in the second file when
they match. But I seem to only get the last value of that subordinate
tag attribute over and over. Any thoughts? I'm pretty sure that the
problem lies in my referencing absolouts paths from the 'when' tag.

-James

Document 1 (doc1.xml)
------------------------
<AA>
<BB author="McFly">
<CC title="Back to the Future">00-00-00-01</CC>
</BB>
<BB author="Bartakamous">
<CC title="Perfect Strangers">00-00-00-02</CC>
</BB>
</AA>

Document 2 (doc2.xml)
------------------------
<MM>
<NN author="McFly">
<OO dob="08.25.1980">
<!-- Additional Unrelated Tags -->
</OO>
</NN>
<NN author="Bartakamous">
<OO dob="02.15.1962">
<!-- Additional Unrelated Tags -->
</OO>
</NN>
<NN author="Mclain">
<OO dob="12.01.1899">
<!-- Additional Unrelated Tags -->
</OO>
</NN>
</MM>

XSL Document
------------------------
<xsl:for-each select="AA/BB">
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:for-each select"AA/BB>
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:for-each select="CC/@title">
<xsl:for-each select="document('doc2.xml')/MM">
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="document('doc1.xml')/AA/BB/@author=@author">
<xsl:value-of select="NN/OO/@dob"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>


Result

 

[Joris Gillis]

Here's yet another question. Thanks for your patience/advice. I am

trying to match attributes from different paths in different files and
display an attribute of the subordinate tag in the second file when
they match. But I seem to only get the last value of that subordinate
tag attribute over and over. Any thoughts? I'm pretty sure that the
problem lies in my referencing absolouts paths from the 'when' tag.

Hi,

Your xslt snippet doesn't seem to be working.

Try this:
<xsl:for-each select="AA/BB">
<xsl:variable name="author" select="@author"/>
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:for-each select="CC/@title">

<xsl:for-each select="document('doc2.xml')/MM/NN">
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$author=@author">
<xsl:value-of select="OO/@dob"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

regards,

 

[Porthos]

Using variables did the trick. Thanks!

 

[Joris Gillis]

Here's yet another question. Thanks for your patience/advice. I am

trying to match attributes from different paths in different files and
display an attribute of the subordinate tag in the second file when
they match. But I seem to only get the last value of that subordinate
tag attribute over and over. Any thoughts? I'm pretty sure that the
problem lies in my referencing absolouts paths from the 'when' tag.

Hi,

Your xslt snippet doesn't seem to be working.

Try this:
<xsl:for-each select="AA/BB">
<xsl:variable name="author" select="@author"/>
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:for-each select="CC/@title">

<xsl:for-each select="document('doc2.xml')/MM/NN">
<!-- Unrelated processing instructions -->
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$author=@author">
<xsl:value-of select="OO/@dob"/>
</xsl:when>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>

regards,