Re: [xsl] persistent ids/hashes from strings?

[Joern Nettingsmeier <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve wrote:
> Forgive my noobishness, I'm not sure I can help but I'd like to
> understand your dilemma, as I do a simpler version of what you
> propose.
>
> Everytime you get a new customer, are you re-writing the original XML
> file to include their information,

yes.

> including a unique key? 

no. i don't want to include a manually-created unique key in that file. 
instead i want to hash the company name.

thanks,

jvrn



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