In addition to Jeni's site, you can also visit Dave Pawson's FAQ.

Duplicates: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N2696.html

Grouping: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N4486.html

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services
(presently consulting at Synergistic Solution Technologies)




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> can XSLT remember the occurrence of an element?

XSLT is a declarative language, not a procedural one, so there is no 
notion
of time in its processing model. There is no "before" and "after", and
therefore no notion of memory.

> Any ideas how I could change the xsl to only include *one* 
> instance of a
> contract despite it is *two or more* times called? 

The problem of eliminating duplicates is generally known as "grouping" and
is covered in http://www.jenitennison.com/xslt/grouping

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