RE: [xsl] document() function

[DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas B. Passin [mailto:tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:52 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [xsl] document() function
> 
> 
> [Felmey, Jonathan]
> 
> > I am trying to do the following:
> > document('file:///c:/servers/mserver/ojamc2vpt1_part.xsd') to open a
> > document not in the same directory as my stylesheet. It 
> does not work.
> Can
> > this be done and if so what is the correct syntax for doing this?
> >
> 
> If you are trying this from within a browser, security 
> restrictions would
> prevent it.  Otherwise, it may be the syntax of the file: 
> URL.  Try some of
> the normal variations, like
> 
> file:///c:\servers\mserver\ojamc2vpt1_part.xsd
> file:c:\servers\mserver\ojamc2vpt1_part.xsd
> file:c:/servers/mserver/ojamc2vpt1_part.xsd
> 
> There is some ambiguity in the RFC about the exact form of file: URLs,
> leading to different interpretions, and different processors 
> can require
> different forms.  The form you used works on some processors, 
> but I forget
> what works with which.

http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect4/uri.html#d304e18
collects some information.

If you are working on the same disk, /servers/mserver/ etc is easier.

HTH DaveP

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