Pank,
The more general problem of merging two files requires matching up 
corresponding elements at each level in the tree structure. You might 
like to look at the 'full context' delta generated by DeltaXML - it is 
in effect two XML files merged in one, but with the 'origin' of each 
item identified, and it is trivial to generate a merged document from 
this (we can provide the XSL). The hard work has been done by DeltaXML!

In any case, you can use the free online comparison (see end of email) 
to check your results.

Robin La Fontaine
http://www.deltaxml.com

Pankaj Rathi wrote:

> Thanks Menzo and Michael. Its been very very helpful.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Pank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Menzo Windhouwer [mailto:M.A.Windhouwer@c...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:04 AM
> To: Pankaj Rathi
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] merging xml files
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There is a nice example at:
>    http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/11/26/q-and-a.html
> where John E. Simpson answers the question:
>    How do I merge two XML source trees into one?
> 
> I used it several times as a starting point for exactly this kind of 
> merging.
> 
> Menzo Windhouwer
> 
> Pankaj Rathi wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi all.
>>
>>I am another newb to xsl. I have a small task - I have read a primer book
>>and looks like this is possible. 
>>
>>The task is to merge two xml files. 
>>
>>Scenario is like this:
>>File A might or might not have node X. XSLT should get the node X from file
>>B and put it file A(either add or modify at the right place)
>>
>>Pointer to any existing examples of this kindof work will be highly
> 
> helpful.
> 
>>Many thanks in anticipation.
>>
>>Pank
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jonathan Robie [mailto:jonathan.robie@d...]
>>Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:55 PM
>>To: Jim Granger
>>Cc: xml-dev@l...
>>Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Newbie looking for starting point
>>
>>
>>Jim Granger wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>
>>>Hi folks,
>>>
>>>I'm a complete newb to XML. Though I have been working with HTML & more 
>>>recently XHTML for close to eight years now, it has been primarily hobby 
>>>work up until three years ago.
>>>
>>>I would like to know what resources you would recommend to begin 
>>>learning about XML and related subjects.
>>>   
>>>
>>
>>I like http://zvon.org/ for a general introduction. However, the intro I 
>>would recommend depends a lot on what you need to know. For instance, I 
>>would give you a totally different starting point for XQuery.
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
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