XSLT note 6 - fast search node

We can make search much faster if we generate index. We generate index by using xsl:key.

XSLT note 5 - Cross tab transformation

  
    1
    Meal
    Breakfast
    
  
  
    1
    Meal
    Dinner
    lots of stuff
  
  
    1
    Tour
    Great wall
    
  
  
    2
    Meal
    Breakfast
    
  
  
    2
    Airport
    Transfer to hotel
    
  
  
    3
    Airport
    Transfer to airport
    
  
  
    3
    Meeting
    Face to face meeting
    
  

XSLT note 3 - attribute tricks

When you want to output the value of node to destination, you can use . This works only when the destination is not in side of an attribute. If the output is in side of an attribute, you need to use {}. For example.

XSLT note 3 - variable

You can basically build a variable just as building any output. The simple way is

XSLT note 2 - copy template

Here is a template that copy original xml file.