problems getting values from nodeset

Bo Damgaard Mortensen 719 posts 1207 karma points

Jan 09, 2011 @ 17:51

Hello all,

I'm having a bit of trouble getting the values from a nodeset. To me it would seem obvious and straight forward, but I simply can't get it to show any output.

My XSLT (i'll try to explain):

<xsl:variable name="nodes">
  <!-- GET ALL COMMENTS -->
  <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor::root//Kommentar">
     <xsl:sort select="@sortOrder" data-type="number" order="descending" />
    <xsl:if test="position() &lt; 6">
      <xsl:copy-of select="." />
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
  
  <!-- GET ALL ADS -->
  <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor::root//Annonce">
     <xsl:sort select="@sortOrder" data-type="number" order="descending" />
    <xsl:if test="position() &lt; 6">
        <xsl:copy-of select="." />
      </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="nodeSet" select="msxml:node-set($nodes)" />  
      
<xsl:for-each select="$nodeSet">
  <xsl:copy-of select="current()/@id" />
</xsl:for-each>

Basically what I want is to get all documents of document type 'Kommentar' and 'Annonce' and display some data from them. Since I have loops inside a variable it seems I have to use the msxml:node-set() method to make a node set out of my variable which is, of course, all good!

When I try to <xsl:copy-of select="$nodeSet" /> I get the following XML:

<kommentar id="1205" parentid="1138" level="4" writerid="0" creatorid="0" nodetype="1101" template="1102" sortorder="4" createdate="2011-01-06T18:21:37" updatedate="2011-01-06T18:21:37" nodename="06-01-2011_Bo Mortensen" urlname="06-01-2011_bo-mortensen" writername="Administrator" creatorname="Administrator" path="-1,1053,1064,1138,1205" isdoc="">
    <navn>Bo Mortensen</navn>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <website>http://www.mysite.com</website>;
    <kommentar>Dette er en test kommentar!</kommentar>
</kommentar>

How exactly do I get these data since current()/@id apperantly doesn't work?

Thanks in advance! :-)

/ Bo

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Bo Damgaard Mortensen 719 posts 1207 karma points

Jan 09, 2011 @ 18:05

Solved it! :)

Here's my XSLT for future reference if it's any good at all. As you can see, it's a rather complex task where I'm listing the recent frontend user activity:

<!-- The fun starts here -->
<xsl:variable name="nodes">
  <!-- GET ALL COMMENTS -->
  <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::*/*//Kommentar [@isDoc]">
     <xsl:sort select="@sortOrder" data-type="number" order="descending" />
      <xsl:if test="position() &lt; 6">
      <xsl:copy-of select="." />
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
  
  <!-- GET ALL ADS -->
  <xsl:for-each select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::*//Annonce [@isDoc]">
     <xsl:sort select="@sortOrder" data-type="number" order="descending" />
  <xsl:if test="position() &lt; 6">
        <xsl:copy-of select="." />
      </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:variable>
  
<xsl:variable name="nodeSet" select="msxml:node-set($nodes)" />  

  <xsl:for-each select="$nodeSet/*">
      <xsl:variable name="parentNode" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById(current()/@parentID)" />
      <xsl:variable name="parentNodeOfParentNode" select="umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($parentNode/@parentID)" />
      
      <!-- ACTIVITY DATE -->
      <span class="activityDate"><xsl:value-of select="umbraco.library:FormatDateTime(current()/@createDate, 'dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm')" /> </span>
    
      <!-- IF CURRENT NODE IS A COMMENT -->
      <xsl:if test="local-name($parentNode) = 'KommentarDato'">        
        &nbsp;<xsl:value-of select="current()//navn" />
        
        <!-- IF CURRENT IS IN GUESTBOOK -->
        <xsl:if test="$parentNodeOfParentNode/@template = '1137'">
          skrev i <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($parentNodeOfParentNode/@id)}">gæstebogen</a>
        </xsl:if>

        <!-- IF CURRENT IS A NEWS COMMENT -->
        <xsl:if test="local-name($parentNodeOfParentNode) = 'Nyhed'">
          en kommentar til nyheden <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($parentNodeOfParentNode/@id)}"><xsl:value-of select="$parentNodeOfParentNode/@nodeName" /></a>
        </xsl:if>
        
        <!-- IF CURRENT IS A BUY-SECTION COMMENT -->
        <xsl:if test="local-name(umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($parentNodeOfParentNode/@parentID)) = 'Kb'">
          en kommentar til annoncen <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl(current()/@id)}"><xsl:value-of select="$parentNodeOfParentNode/@nodeName" /></a>
          i købssektionen
        </xsl:if>
        
        <!-- IF CURRENT IS A SALE-SECTION COMMENT -->
        <xsl:if test="local-name(umbraco.library:GetXmlNodeById($parentNodeOfParentNode/@parentID)) = 'Salg'">
        en kommentar til annoncen <a href="{umbraco.library:NiceUrl($parentNodeOfParentNode/@id)}"><xsl:value-of select="$parentNodeOfParentNode/@nodeName" /></a>
          i salgssektionen
        </xsl:if>
      </xsl:if>
        
      <!-- IF CURRENT IS A 'BUY' NODE -->
      <xsl:if test="local-name($parentNode) = 'Kb'">
        <strong>&nbsp; Køb: </strong> <xsl:value-of select="current()/navn" /> oprettede annoncen <strong><xsl:value-of select="current()/@nodeName" /></strong>
      </xsl:if>
        
      <!-- IF CURRENT IS A 'SALE' NODE -->
      <xsl:if test="local-name($parentNode) = 'Salg'">
        <strong>&nbsp; Salg: </strong> <xsl:value-of select="current()/navn" /> oprettede annoncen <strong><xsl:value-of select="current()/@nodeName" /></strong> 
      </xsl:if>
      <br /><br />
  </xsl:for-each>

This XLST will be placed on the Master template which means it's being called on every postback! Will this cause a huge overhead? If so, is there a way to sort of.. "cache" the results or something like that?

Thanks again! :)

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