Getting distinct values is a special case of the general problem of
grouping, which is fully discussed at
http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keyur K [mailto:kkeyur@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 08 January 2005 05:44
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Retrieving Distinct text
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need some help on how to retrieve distinct text from a node 
> set. I tried 
> the suggestion posted on  
> http://www.biglist.com/lists/xsl-list/archives/199907/msg00225
> .html but it 
> didnt work out, it gives me an error msg 
> "'from-following-siblings' is not a 
> valid XSLT or XPath ". I am using the MSXML parser.
> 
> I need to extract the medicines ABC and XYZ from my nodeset 
> given below.
> 
> <dailyrecord>
> 	<medication id="1">
> 	<name>ABC</name>
> 	<date>1</date>
> 	<time>morning</time>
> 	</medication>
> 
> 	<medication id="2">
> 	<name>XYZ</name>
> 	<date>1</date>
> 	<time>evening</time>
> 	</medication>
> 
> 	<medication id="3">
> 	<name>ABC</name>
> 	<date>2</date>
> 	<time>evening</time>
> 	</medication>
> 
> </dailyrecord>
> 
> 
> Pl. advice.
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> Keyur