RE: [xsl] doubts: xsl:import and variables

Subject: RE: [xsl] doubts: xsl:import and variables
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 13:32:14 -0000
> 
> Can i give any xsl variable inside another xsl tag.
> 
> for eg
> :
> <xsl:import href="$somexslVariable"/>
> 
> where somexslVariable is an xsl variable whose value is 
> obtained from  xml document
> 

No, you can't do this, because xsl:import is a compile-time construct,
and variables aren't evaluated until run-time.

Usually (this is a FAQ) the answer is to import the other way around -
import the general-purpose stylesheet module from the special-purpose
module.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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