I'm the clever cloggs ;-) Seems, the code I've written is right! I was interpreting the results incorrectly :-D.
Thanx for the response though Ruben... that's a very interesting link and I have made a note of it ;-) Shaun On 4 Feb, 13:32, Ruben Willems <[email protected]> wrote: > HI > > I'm not an expert in Xsl either, > but maybe this kind of thing is a lot easier in .Net itself > > here's a tip on calling .NEt code from xsl, maybe that can help you > outhttp://bloggingabout.net/blogs/pascal/archive/2005/04/21/3658.aspx > > with kind regards > Ruben Willems > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:27 PM, CinnamonDonkey < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I've been trying to solve this problem for a while now and just can't > > get my head around this weird XSL business (Who comes up with a > > language that only allows you to assign to a variable once?). > > > Given XML looking something like: > > > <Modifications> > > <Modification> > > <changeNumber>123<changeNumber> > > <comment>changes for 123<comment> > > <file>file1.cpp</file> > > </Modification> > > <Modification> > > <changeNumber>123<changeNumber> > > <comment>changes for 123<comment> > > <file>file2.cpp</file> > > </Modification> > > <Modification> > > <changeNumber>124<changeNumber> > > <comment>changes for 124<comment> > > <file>file1.cpp</file> > > </Modification> > > <Modification> > > <changeNumber>125<changeNumber> > > <comment>changes for 125<comment> > > <file>file1.cpp</file> > > </Modification> > > <Modification> > > <changeNumber>125<changeNumber> > > <comment>changes for 125<comment> > > <file>file2.cpp</file> > > </Modification> > > <Modifications> > > > I want to see a table looking like: > > > 123 changes for 123 > > 124 changes for 123 > > 125 changes for 125 > > > and not: > > > 123 changes for 123 > > 123 changes for 123 > > 124 changes for 123 > > 125 changes for 125 > > 125 changes for 125 > > > That is; I what to not render a row if the change number for the > > current row being rendered is the same as that of the preceeding row. > > > The closest I have come in my solution so far is: > > > <xsl:for-each select="//modification"> > > <xsl:sort select="changeNumber" order="descending" data- > > type="text" /> > > <xsl:if test="(position() = 1) or (changeNumber != preceding- > > sibling::modification[1]/changeNumber)"> > > <tr> > > <td class="table-text" valign="top"> <xsl:value-of > > select="changeNumber"/> </td> > > <td class="table-text" valign="top"> <xsl:value-of > > select="comment"/ > > > </td> > > </tr> > > </xsl:if> > > </xsl:for-each> > > > But this seems to skip entries when I have long lists of > > modifications. > > > So the challenge is layed down! Come on clever cloggs! > > > Please help, > > Shaun
