Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 86338 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2004 20:56:05 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Sep 2004 20:56:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 51712 invoked by uid 500); 30 Sep 2004 20:55:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cocoon-users-archive@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 51593 invoked by uid 500); 30 Sep 2004 20:55:32 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@cocoon.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: users@cocoon.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list users@cocoon.apache.org Received: (qmail 51570 invoked by uid 99); 30 Sep 2004 20:55:32 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=HTML_60_70,HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_HTML_NO_CHARSET X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [129.128.5.19] (HELO pilsener.srv.ualberta.ca) (129.128.5.19) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:53:31 -0700 Received: from libmail.library.ualberta.ca (mail.library.ualberta.ca [129.128.216.88]) by pilsener.srv.ualberta.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8UKrZgc015990 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:53:35 -0600 (MDT) Received: by libmail with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:53:18 -0600 Message-ID: <7969B9C188C0DC47A59B02C0EC5CBFB42C52D5@libmail> From: "Binkley, Peter" To: "'users@cocoon.apache.org'" Subject: RE: Random selection Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:53:17 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C4A72F.82E20AD0" X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4A72F.82E20AD0 Content-Type: text/plain This site has an example of using the java extensions of Xalan to generate a random number: http://cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/chapters/ch17s03.html You could build that into a stylesheet easily enough, though it would take a little extension to get it to generate two quaranteed different random numbers. Peter -----Original Message----- From: gerritjan [mailto:gerritjankoekkoek@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 02:25 PM To: users@cocoon.apache.org Subject: Random selection Hello Does anyone know how to select from a list of records a random set of records within Cocoon 1 2 3 4 5 If I would like two retrieve 2 records out of this set randomly (to surprise viewers); How? Gerritjan Koekkoek ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4A72F.82E20AD0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
This=20 site has an example of using the java extensions of Xalan to generate a = random=20 number:
 
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You=20 could build that into a stylesheet easily enough, though it would take = a little=20 extension to get it to generate two quaranteed different random=20 numbers.
 
Peter
 
-----Original Message-----
From: = gerritjan=20 [mailto:gerritjankoekkoek@mac.com]
Sent: Thursday, = September 30,=20 2004 02:25 PM
To: = users@cocoon.apache.org
Subject: Random=20 selection

Hello


Does anyone know how to select from a list of records a random set = of=20 records within Cocoon

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<record>1</record>

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If I would like two retrieve 2 records out of this set randomly = (to=20 surprise viewers); How?


Gerritjan = Koekkoek

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