Just define the key globally, at the top level. When you use the key()
function, it searches for nodes matching the key within the current document
- if the current document is the RTF, then it will search within the RTF.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ranjan K. Baisak [mailto:ranjanbaisak@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 December 2004 08:08
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Defining a key on a RTF inside a Template 
> 
> I am creating  a key inside a template with RTF as
> below:
> <xsl:variable name="projectSum">
> 	<xsl:for-each select="//project">
> 		<xsl:variable name="projectname" select="./@name"/>
> 		<xsl:variable name="projectid" select="@id"/>
> 		<xsl:variable name="projectref"
> select="projectelement/@ref"/>
> 		<xsl:copy>
> 			<xsl:copy-of select="./@name"/>
> 			<xsl:copy-of select="./@id"/>
> 			<projectsum>
> 				<xsl:copy-of
> select="count(key('ProjectPartNumber',$projectref))"/>
> 			</projectsum>
> 		</xsl:copy>
> 	</xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> <xsl:key name="countDetail"
> match="exslt:node-set($projectSum)/projectsum"
> use="./@id"/>
> 
> In XALAN it throws error with message "Incorrect place
> of defining Key".
> I am not sure whether it is possible to create a key
> with RTF within a template?
> If not possible, is there any otherway to achive the
> same functionality?
> 
> regards,
> Ranjan
> 
> 
> 
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