Hello,

I am attempting to parse an XML file using XSLT, and bought the XSLT 2.0 3rd Edition book to help me with this, but so far, I am stuck...

The XML file lists a series of parts, which are parsed during a process. Some parts will refer to a more generic part number (even though a part has a different part number, it could be the exact same part), and I would like to output the generic part instead.

There are actually more than one XML file involved with this, but this is the part I am stuck on right now.

So, example XML:

<parts>
  <part partNumber="12345678" name="Widget 1" />
  <part partNumber="12312312" name="Widget 2" />
    <part partNumber="ABC123" />
  <part partNumber="ABC123" name="Super Widget" />
</parts>

What I would like for output is:

<parts>
  <part partNumber="12345678" name="Widget 1" />
  <part partNumber="ABC123" name="Super Widget" />
</parts>

Anyone have suggestions on how I should approach this?

I'm finding it hard to relate your description of the problem to your XML. Where exactly is a part that refers to a more generic part number, and what form does the reference take? And why is part 12312312 (Widget 2) not present in the output?

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference