It would seem that your proposed

   <xsl:with select="xxx">

is a synonym for

   <xsl:for-each select="xxx[1]">

If we are out to save keystrokes I can thnk of plenty of changes that would
give a better return than this one...

Michael Kay
Software AG
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Beadle
> Sent: 08 March 2002 16:46
> To: xsl-list
> Subject:  xsl:with ?
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I apologize up front for not being upto speed on what going
> on with xstl
> 2.0,
> but I have a question for those who have:
>
> Will there be anything like a "with" statement?
>
> For example, in javascript I can do this:
>
>    var x = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument.3.0");
>
>    with(x)
>    {
>       async = false;
>
>       validateOnParse = false;
>
>       if( ! loadXML(...) ) {
>          ...
>       }
>       ...
>    }
>
>
> I make common use of this pattern within xslt, but I have to
> use a for-each.
>
> For example:
>
>    <xsl:variable name="BaseElementInstance">
>       <BaseElement someAttribute="This is someAttribute"
>                someOtherAttribute="This is someOtherAttribute">
>          <ChildElement>blah blah</ChildElement>
>       </BaseElement>
>    </xsl:variable>
>
>    <xsl:for-each
> select="msxsl:node-set($BaseElementInstance)/BaseElement">
>       <DerivedElement>
>          <xsl:copy-of
> select="attribute::*[not(@someOtherAttribute)]"/>
>          <xsl:attribute name="someOtherAttribute">
>             Derived attribute 'someOtherAttribute' was overridden by
> DerivedElement.
>         </xsl:attribute>
>        <xsl:copy-of select="descendant::*"/>
>        <DerivedElmentsChildElement/>
>       </DerivedElement>
>    </xsl:for-each>
>
>
> So after too much detail (sorry), here's what I'd like to do:
>
>    Replace my xsl:for-each with an xsl:with.
>
> For example:
>
>    <xsl:variable name="stuff">
>       ...
>    </xsl:variable>
>
>    <xsl:with select="msxsl:node-set($stuff)/BaseElement">
>       ...
>    </xsl:with>
>
>
> The xsl:with implementation of 'select' would--in fact--be like:
>
>    select="msxsl:node-set($BaseElementInstance)/BaseElement[1]"
>
> If the pattern query succeeds, it always uses the context of
> the first node
> in
> the resultant nodeset.
>
>
> Anyhow, perhaps I'm just being lazy.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
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