Subject: Re: [xsl] Rescuing XSLT from Niche Status From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:09:22 GMT |
> Agreed, this is just the pull method, but all too often I see this method > being dissed in favor of the more powerful push. Probably. I suppose I'm as guilty as any there. While I sometimes use that sort of technique while answering questions on this list, I don't think there's a single occasion when I'd ever have wanted to do that to process one of my own documents. I can see it's useful if pulling bits of data out of databases etc (which is one main use of the ASP on the web pages here, as a matter of fact) Where almost the entire page is static and you just want to "fill in the blanks". But if you are converting a document format of any complexity down to HTML (for example) the template rule driven approach is far more natural and easier to code in XSLT as the output is driven by the input, you don't need to sketch out the entire format of the document; If you come across a list in the input, convert it to an HTML list, and carry on etc.. David _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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