Re: Selecting distinct values from different node in XPATH 1.0

Hi Npselval,

Is it impossible for you to use the exslt.org extensions (they are part 
of xalan you should just declare the namespace).
They contain an implementation of the distinct function. Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" 
version="1.0"
    xmlns:set="http://exslt.org/sets">

<xsl:variable name="uniquevalues"
select="set:distinct(/validation/report/script/case/@name)"
/>

...


Best regards
Christoffer Dam Bruun

enpysoft skrev:
> Hi Experts,
>           I have to get the list of the distinct attribute values across
> different node level. To help you understand my requirement, i am herewith
> listed with a sample XML file
>
> My XML file looks like this
>
> <validation>
>  <report>
>    <script city="NY">
>           <case name="ramesh" status="BE"/>
>           <case name="rajesh" status="B.Com" />
>    </script>
>    <script city="AL">
>           <case name="ramesh" status="Law" />
>    </script>
>  </report>
> </validation>
>
> Now i have to get only the values as ramesh and rajesh and i should not get
> ramesh two times. As i use only XPATH 1.0 and XSLT 1.0 i cannot use
> distinct-values function. I earlier tried using to fetch distinct values to
> a variable using the below script in xslt and it is not working.
>
> <xsl:variable name="uniquevalues"
> select="/validation/report/script/case[not(@name=predicate-sibling::validation/report/script/case/@name)]/@name"
> />
>
> The above code snippet is not working. Kindly let me know what has to be
> done to get my expected output.
>
>
> thanks in advance,
> npselvan
>