Subject: Re: xsl:for-each efficiency
From: Tom Schutzer-Weissmann <xsl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 12:38:22 +0000
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On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 11:24, andrew.curry@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Would there be a better way of doing:
>
> <xsl:for-each select="//element[@element-key = $id]">
> </xsl:for-each>
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> for use over a very very large document?
Yes, use a key:
<xsl:key name="byId" match="element" use="@element-key"/>
...
<xsl:apply-templates select="key('byId',$id)"/>
Tom SW
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