Subject: Re: [xsl] Easy one! variables & documents) From: david_n_bertoni@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:30:22 -0700 |
> I am reading an external xml document into a variable at the very top of my > stylesheet (is this legal?)... later I loop through this document.. but I > don't know how to access the variable in a select statement (it doesn't like > the $ in the select statement). Here's the code: > > <xsl:variable name="xmTmplt"><xsl:copy-of > select="document('usr_member.xml')//FLDS"/></xsl:variable> This creates a result tree fragment which is a copy of the FLDS element(s) from that document. Result tree fragments have some serious limitations in XSLT 1.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#section-Result-Tree-Fragments In particular, you cannot treat a result tree fragment as a node-set without an extension function. You probably want to do this instead: <xsl:variable name="xmTmplt" select="document('usr_member.xml')//FLDS"/> This creates a node-set containing the nodes from the specified document. You can use this just like a node set from the main source tree: <xsl:template name="TEMP"> <hr/> <xsl:for-each select="$xmTmplt/FLD"> <xsl:text>testing..</xsl:text> </xsl:for-each> <hr/> </xsl:template> This assumes the FLDS elements have FLD element children. That's just a guess, since you didn't include a snippet from the file usr_member.xml. By the way saying something like "it doesn't like the $ in the select statement" is not very clear. An exact error message is much more useful. Dave XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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