Merge xml source files; 1:n relationship

Hi!
All samples I have checked are based on 1:1 relationship
between master and detail data set.
For example:
Exactly one xml file will be loaded depending on which
element of the master xml file is selected.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/samples/data_region/DataSetMasterDetailSample.html
But what about 1:n relationships? What if the master xml
returns more than one depending xml file?
Two scenarios are imaginable:
1. Collect all detail xml data by looping through all data
rows and create a dataset on the fly with all relevant data.
(Please note my last posting "Observer event fires two times") That
could be a new merge function ;-)
2. Implementation of a new XMLDataSet constructor that allows
an array with one or more path to detail xml file(s).
What do you think about it? Or is there another way to handle
1:n relationships?
Regards
libelle2000

Hi !
On Srpy 1.4 version the 1:n relation is not supported, but we
have two new solutions for this already posted on preview section.
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/preview/samples/data_region/NestedXMLDataSample.ht ml
Instead of creating one master xml file that points to other
details xml files, you can have a single xml and create there the
1:n relation there. In this way your request is solved using a
single xml file.
Please follow the link I gave you above and see the examples
from there.
Diana

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