----- Original Message -----
From: "Kalyan Kumar Mudumbai" <kalyan_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       I am merging two XML files which are almost similar in
> structure. While merging, suppose if I have an element with one
> attribute like


> <Name first_name="Kalyan" last_name="Kumar"/> in one XML file and
> the same element
> <Name middle_name="Kallu"/> in the second XML. Now after merging
> the two files, is it POSSIBLE for me to have the element look like
> this

<Name first_name="Kalyan" last_name="Kumar" middle_name="Kallu"/>
 (where the attributes are merged).


something like this

xsl file
-------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:template match="data">
 <name>
 <xsl:for-each select = "name/@*">
                <xsl:copy />
 </xsl:for-each>
 </name>

 <name>
 <xsl:apply-templates select="/name"/>
 </name>

 </xsl:template>

 <xsl:template match="name">
 <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
 </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

xml file
-------------------------------------------------
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<data>
<name first="James"/>
<name last="Fuller"/>
</data>


basically i show 2 variations of merging attributes

take a look here for more info
http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N1553.html#d84e66


regards, jim fuller




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