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RE: Merging Data

2004-08-05 10:43:31
It's a grouping problem, with the extra complication that you can't rely on
the relative document order of nodes from two different documents. XSLT 2.0
solution:

<xsl:variable name="list1" select="doc('1.xml')/*/supp"/>
<xsl:variable name="list2" select="doc('2.xml')/*/supp"/>

<xsl:for-each-group select="$list1, $list2"
                    group-by="supp-desc">
  <supp>
    <xsl:copy-of select="supp-desc"/>
    <supp-price source="filea">
      <xsl:value-of select="(current-group() intersect $list1, '-')[1]"/>
    </supp-price> 
    <supp-price source="fileb">
      <xsl:value-of select="(current-group() intersect $list2, '-')[1]"/>
    </supp-price> 
  </supp>
</xsl:for-each-group>

I will leave the XSLT 1.0 solution to someone with more time on their hands.
It's tricky because both grouping mechanisms (preceding-sibling and keys)
work only within a single document, so you have to use a two-phase approach.

Michael Kay

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Bird 
[mailto:kevin(_dot_)bird(_at_)matrixdigitaldata(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk] 
Sent: 05 August 2004 18:20
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: [xsl] Merging Data

Hi Everyone

I need to combine two sets of data (File A and File B). The 
structure is as follows (snippet):

FILE A:
<supplements>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Half Board</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£10</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>All Inclusive</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£20</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Sea View</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£3</supp-price>
</supp>
...
</supplements>

FILE B:
<supplements>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Half Board</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£20</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>All Inclusive</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£40</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Balcony</supp-desc>
      <supp-price>£5</supp-price>
</supp>
...
</supplements>

REQUIRED OUTPUT:
<supplements>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Half Board</supp-desc>
      <supp-price source="filea">£10</supp-price>
      <supp-price source="fileb">£20</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>All Inclusive</supp-desc>
      <supp-price source="filea">£20</supp-price>
      <supp-price source="fileb">£40</supp-price>
</supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Sea View</supp-desc>
      <supp-price source="filea">£3</supp-price>
      <supp-price source="fileb">-</supp-price></supp>
<supp>
      <supp-desc>Balcony</supp-desc>
      <supp-price source="filea">-</supp-price>
      <supp-price source="fileb">£5</supp-price></supp>
...
</supplements>

DESCRIPTION:
I need to compare <supp> nodes based on the text value of 
<supp-desc>. If the <supp> exists in both files then the 
<supp-price> node from File B is added underneath the 
<supp-price> node from File A (a "source" attribute is also 
added). If the <supp> exists in one file but not the other, a 
<supp-price> node with the text value of "-" is added. "Sea 
View" and "Balcony" are examples of <supp> being present in 
one file only.

Any suggestions on how best to achieve the desired result 
will be greatly appreciated.

 
--
Kevin Bird

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