I have a for each loop where I display some values. In that loop I am assigning a variable from my XML document to a temp in the XSLT.

My problem is when it gets a vallue the first time it keeps it. I need it to change with each loop. Here is the code:

<xsl:for-each select="//Event">
<xsl:sort select="EventDate"/>
<xsl:sort select="ArriveTime"/>

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <tr>
    <td width="75"><xsl:value-of select="AirDateTime"/></td>
    <td width="75"><xsl:value-of select="BeginTime"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="Location"/></td>

<xsl:variable name="temp">
     <xsl:value-of select="//EventDate"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:value-of select="$temp"/>


</tr>
</table>

</xsl:for-each>

Its just because you use //EventDate in this bit of code:
<xsl:variable name="temp">
     <xsl:value-of select="//EventDate"/>
</xsl:variable>

If EventDate is a child of Event then you can just use EventDate without the //.

If it's a descendant, but not a direct child you can use .//EventDate (or preferably the exact path to the EventDate node).

rgds
Phil

I guess element "EventDate" is a child of "Event" in your XML doc. So, in that case, you have to drop the "//" in , since XPath expression "//EventDate" gets the set of all such elements in the XML doc, whereas the expression "EventDate" gets the child of the current "Event".
And you got only the value of first (in the document order) "EventDate", since xsl:value-of always outputs the value of the first node if the "select" XPath expression returns a node-set.

Regards,
Armen

Thank You Both

Running in to a slight problem, temp is not taking a value now. I think it is due to the fact that I am comparing it before I assign a value. When I try to assign it a blank string I receive the error that the variable is already in use.

Any help is appreciated
Pete



<xsl:for-each select="//Event">
<xsl:sort select="EventDate"/>
<xsl:sort select="ArriveTime"/>

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <tr>
   <xsl:if test="not (EventDate = temp)" >
    <td width="75"><xsl:value-of select="AirDateTime"/></td></xsl:if>

    <td width="75"><xsl:value-of select="BeginTime"/></td>
    <td><xsl:value-of select="Location"/></td>


<xsl:variable name="temp">
<xsl:value-of select="EventDate"/>
</xsl:variable>



</tr>
</table>

</xsl:for-each>

What are you trying to do, there seems little sense in your code as shown? If you are sorting by EventDate then it must be a child of Event, why do you need a variable at all?

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Joe