Hi Guys,

I am new to XSLT, looking to solve a problem I am facing in filtering XML records.

I need to get both the Input XML record position and limit the output XML to a particular number (based on input provided to xsl:param from .net 1.1)

Input XML

<Parent>
<Child>AAA</Child>
<Child>ABA</Child>
<Child>DAA</Child>
<Child>DBAA</Child>
<Child>BZA</Child>
</Parent>

Output XML(Required)

<table>
<tr>
<td id="Row{Position of the record in Input XML}> node value </td>
</tr>
</table>

Eg: SearchParam='D' and Output Limit=1

if I am searching for one text starting with 'D', the output should be

<table>
<tr>
<td id="Row3>DAA</td>
</tr>
</table>

I am using XSLT:starts-with to get the records I need. But I am only able to limit the count or record position at any one point of time using the position() method.

Can anyone tell me how to achieve this,

Thanks,
Sarath

I use param to the outside to control xslt

The first parameter indicates the length of a string
The second parameter is the string being searched

by specifying

and not (preceding-sibling:: Child [substring (.,1,$length) = $alpha]

only the first matching child node appears

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
	<xsl:output indent="yes" method="html"/>
	<xsl:param name="length" select="1"/>
	<xsl:param name="alpha" select="'B'"/>
	<xsl:template match="/">
		<html>
			<body>
				<xsl:apply-templates select="Parent"/>
			</body>
		</html>
	</xsl:template>
	<xsl:template match="Parent">
		<table>
			<xsl:apply-templates select="Child"/>
		</table>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="Child">
		<xsl:if test="(substring(.,1,$length) = $alpha) and not(preceding-sibling::Child[substring(.,1,$length) = $alpha])">
			<tr>
				<td id="Row{position()}">
					<xsl:value-of select="."/>
				</td>
			</tr>
		</xsl:if>
	</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

result param1=1 param2='B'

<html>
  <body>
    <table>
      <tr>
        <td id="Row5">BZA</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

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