Taco,

DeltaXML will do this for you by generating a delta file which is the 
two files in one, then you can decide how you want to merge them. It is 
a very simple XSL stylesheet to do this, only needing to read one file 
in. I can provide an example XSL for you. The structure of your files is 
maintained.

If you register at www.deltaxml.com you have access to DeltaNet test 
drive that will allow you do upload your files and then download the 
delta, so you do not need to install any software, and if your files are 
smallish it is free (or if they are large the download software is free 
for evaluation for a couple of weeks)!

Let me know offline if I can help further with this.

Best regards,
Robin

Taco Fleur wrote:
> Hi all..
> 
>  
> 
> I am trying to rebuild an XML file and merge it, I am having some 
> difficulty getting the XSL right.
> 
>  
> 
> I need to maintain the structure of the original XML file I feed to this 
> transformation, but when I come to the element “field” I need to merge 
> the elements from the $fieldCollection variable and have any attributes 
> overwritten in the original file by $fieldcollection. Below is what I 
> have been able to pull together, but obviously its not working. Any help 
> is very much appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet
>      version="1.0"
>      xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> 
>      <xsl:output
>           omit-xml-declaration="yes"
>           indent="yes"
>           media-type="string" />
> 
>      <xsl:variable
>           name="fieldCollection"
>       
>     select="document('C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\development\shelco_company_registration_form\xml\field.xml')/root"/>
> 
>      <xsl:template match="/">
>           <xsl:apply-templates />
>      </xsl:template>
> 
>      <xsl:template match="*">
>           <xsl:if test="name() = 'field'">
>                <testing />
>                     <xsl:apply-templates ***** call the field template!! 
> ***** />
>           </xsl:if>
>           <xsl:element name="{name()}">
>                <xsl:for-each select="@*">
>                     <xsl:attribute name="{name()}">
>                          <xsl:value-of select="."/>
>                     </xsl:attribute>
>                </xsl:for-each>
>                <xsl:apply-templates />
>           </xsl:element>
>      </xsl:template>
> 
>      <xsl:template match="field">
>                <xsl:copy>
>                     <xsl:copy-of select="@*" />
>                     <xsl:copy-of select="$fieldCollection/field[ 
> current()/@identity = @identity ]/@*" />
>                     <xsl:element name="$fieldCollection/field[ 
> current()/@identity = @identity ]/*">
>                          <xsl:copy-of select="$fieldCollection/field[ 
> current()/@identity = @identity ]/*" />
>                     </xsl:element>
>                </xsl:copy>
>      </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> Taco Fleur - /E-commerce Development Manager/
> 
> Shelco Searches & Services
> 
> An Authorised ASIC Information Broker
> 
> www.shelco.com.au
> 
> Ph: + 61 7 3236 2605
> 
>  
> 

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