XSLT site Search

[HowardMarks]

Hi guys,

I'm creating a search facility in xslt for my xml based site.

I pass the search terms to the xml by creating nodes called <searchterm> in the root of the xml. There can be any number of search terms.

I'm using the contains() function to search the xml for the terms provided. I have created the 'Search any word' and 'search exact phrase' options pretty easily, but i'm having trouble creating the 'search all words'(in any order).

I need to check all instances of //Root/Company/NewItem to see whether they contain all of the //Root/SearchTerm nodes. If a news item contains all of the search terms, in any order, i need to display it.

I can't figure out the logic to loop both the search terms and the news items, which would be pretty simple if only i could change the value of a variable as in asp.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks guys

I need to

Nick (Software Developer)

http://www.retrographics.co.uk

http://www.retrotest.co.uk

nick@retrographics.fsnet.co.uk
nick.price@myenable.com

 

[mgriffith]

have you investigated the possibility of using msxsl:script? i have been able to utilize many javascript functions, and other things by using this. an example would be

----------------------------------
<xsl:stylesheet
xmlns:xsl=&quot;

http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform&quot;

version=&quot;1.1&quot;
xmlns:msxsl=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt&quot;
xmlns:user=&quot;

http://mynamespace/&quot;

>
<xsl:template match=&quot;item&quot;>
<xsl:value-of select=&quot;user:format_item(string(@val))&quot;/>
</xsl:template>

<msxsl:script language=&quot;JScript&quot; implements-prefix=&quot;user&quot;>
function format_item(item) {
return StrReplace(item, &quot;'&quot;, &quot;\\'&quot;
}
function StrReplace(str1, str2, str3)
{
str1 = str1.split(str2).join(str3);
return str1;
}
</msxsl:script>
</xsl:stylesheet>
-----------------------------------------

i'm sure that you could use some javascript string functions (see

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dcrombie/javascript/chap10.html

for a few) to do full text searching

hope this helps! mike griffith
----------------------------
mgriffith@lauren.com
mdg12@po.cwru.edu

 

[palbano]

>> I can't figure out the logic to loop both the search
>> terms and the news items, which would be pretty simple
>> if only i could change the value of a variable as in
>> asp.

Check out usage of:

<xsl:variable ... >

Good luck
-pete

 

[HowardMarks]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I eventually solved this by performing the 'search all terms' using asp instead of xsl. That MSXSL looks pretty useful though Mike, I might look into using that for future applications!

Thanks guys,

Nick Nick (Software Developer)

http://www.retrographics.co.uk

http://www.retrotest.co.uk

nick@retrographics.fsnet.co.uk
nick.price@myenable.com

 

[turbo00]

Nick I am looking for a solution just like this for my small project I am working on right now. I am a neophyte with xml and I learn best by example. Would it be possible to see how you came up with this solution?

I am an environmental scientist and I do the programming for our small company. I am creating an xml document to list our periodical information and I need to create a full text search. (Like you mentioned 'Search any word','search exact phrase' and 'search all words'(in any order)) to bring back a result set.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Alex