Subject: selecting unique entries from a list
From: "Hallas,M" <M.Hallas@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 11:14:35 +0100
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Dear all,
Hope you can help with this query. I am new to XML/XSLT.
I need to take the following XML and generate an initial web page displaying
only one instance of
each department name.
<xml>
<List>
<Entry>
<Session>2004/5</Session>
<Department>Accounting and Finance</Department>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Session>2004/5</Session>
<Department>Accounting and Finance</Department>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Session>2004/5</Session>
<Department>Maths</Department>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Session>2004/5</Session>
<Department>Maths</Department>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Session>2004/5</Session>
<Department>Economic History</Department>
</Entry>
</List>
</xml>
so in the html only unique departments would be displayed once:
Accounting and Finance
Maths
Economic History
What's the best way to do this in xslt?
I understand that I can filter on specific names within the xslt and do
conditional
tests but I do not want to have to change the xslt each time if the
departments in the xml change.
Hope it makes sense.
Regards,
Mike
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