Thanks for the suggestion, Joerg. I'm not clear about the syntax, though.
Should it look like this?...

parent::$currentNode

or something else? I guess my basic difficulty is that I'm not sure, having
passed the parameter $currentNode into the template, how to get $currentNode
as the context node in order to find its parent. Or am I missing something
obvious here?


Steve Lake



-----Original Message-----
From: Joerg Heinicke [mailto:joerg.heinicke@xxxxxx]
Sent: 16 October 2002 19:45
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re:  How do I locate the parent of this node?


simply use ".." or "parent::XMLDataItem".

Regards,

Joerg

steve.l.lake@xxxxxx wrote:
> Help, please! 
> 
> For the XML data structure below I'm trying to use a recursive template to
> piece together the 'path' of each XMLDataItem element. Thus for the
> XMLDataItem whose @Name is 'POIssuedDate' I want the template to return
the
> path as '/bat:Batch/PurchaseOrder/OrderHeader'
> 
> To do this I need an XPath statement inside the template to locate the
> parent node of the current node. I've been using...
> 
> //XMLDataItem[child::XMLDataItem/@Name=$currentNode/@Name]
> 
> (where $currentNode is the parameter passed into the template). However,
> it's not finding that parent node - actually, in this instance it's not
> finding anything. Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> <XMLData>
> 
>   <XMLDataItem
>     DataItemType="XMLElement"
>     Name="bat:Batch">
> 
>     <XMLDataItem
>       DataItemType="Attribute"
>       Name="BatchID"
>       Description="Unique identifier for the batch file"
>       Source="Customer"
>       MandatoryOptional="M"
>       Format="Aplhanumeric(20)"
>       ValidationNotes="Must only include characters valid for use in
Windows
> file names (reserved characters, such as : are invalid)">
>     </XMLDataItem>
> 
>     <XMLDataItem
>       DataItemType="Attribute"
>       Name="NoOfEntries"
>       Description="The number of purchase orders in the batch file"
>       Source="Customer"
>       MandatoryOptional="M"
>       Format="Numeric"
>       ValidationNotes="This must match the number of orders within the
batch
> file">
>     </XMLDataItem>
> 
>     <XMLDataItem>
>       DataItemType="XMLElement"
>       Name="PurchaseOrder"
> 
>       <XMLDataItem>
>         DataItemType="XMLElement"
>         Name="OrderHeader"
> 
>         <XMLDataItem
>           DataItemType="XMLElement"
>           Name="POIssuedDate"
>           Description="Date/time of creation of the order by the service
> provider"
>           Source="Customer"
>           MandatoryOptional="M"
>           Format="ccyymmddThh:mm:ss"
>           ValidationNotes="Must be a valid date/time">
>         </XMLDataItem>
> 
>         <XMLDataItem
>           DataItemType="XMLElement"
>           Name="RequestedDeliveryDate"
>           Description="Date/time by which the order is required by the
> service provider"
>           Source="Customer"
>           MandatoryOptional="M"
>           Format="ccyymmddThh:mm:ss"
>           ValidationNotes="Must be a valid date/time, recommended to be at
> least 7 days from submission; cannot be date in the past. This date/time
is
> repeated later in the order and both occurrences must be the same.">
>         </XMLDataItem>
> 
>         <XMLDataItem>
>           DataItemType="XMLElement"
>           Name="OrderReference"
> 
>           <XMLDataItem>
>             DataItemType="XMLElement"
>             Name="AccountCode"
> 
>             <XMLDataItem>
>               DataItemType="XMLElement"
>               Name="Reference"
> 
>               <XMLDataItem
>                 DataItemType="XMLElement"
>                 Name="RefNum"
>                 Description="Billing account reference"
>                 Source="Customer"
>                 MandatoryOptional="M"
>                 Format="Alphanumeric(20)"
>                 ValidationNotes="This must match the value supplied on
> registration">
>               </XMLDataItem>
>             </XMLDataItem>
>           </XMLDataItem>
> 
>           <XMLDataItem>
>             DataItemType="XMLElement"
>             Name="BuyerRefNum"
> 
>             <XMLDataItem>
>               DataItemType="XMLElement"
>               Name="Reference"
> 
>               <XMLDataItem
>                 DataItemType="XMLElement"
>                 Name="RefNum"
>                 Description="The unique identifier number for the end user
> order"
>                 Source="Customer"
>                 CustomerMandatoryOptional="M"
>                 Format="Alphanumeric(20)"
>                 ValidationNotes="">
>               </XMLDataItem>
> 
>             </XMLDataItem>
> 
>           </XMLDataItem>
> 
>         </XMLDataItem>
> 
>       </XMLDataItem>
> 
>     </XMLDataItem>
> 
>   </XMLDataItem>
> 
> </XMLData>
> Steve Lake
> 
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