RE: [xsl] passing xml string to xsl

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I want to pass XML into XSL and then use it in templates.I've 
> passed to my
> XSL, XML string using xsl:param
> 
> <xsl:param name="VisibleColumnsConfigXML"/>
> 
> Now, in this parameter I've got XML string. I can display XML in
> VisibleColumnsConfigXML parameter like this
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="$VisibleColumnsConfigXML"/>
> 
> But I want to access XML in VisibleColumnsConfigXML like node 
> list, not
> string. How to do it ?
> 

You can't parse a string containing lexical XML and turn it into a tree
structure using any standard XSLT construct. There is an extension function
in Saxon to do it - saxon:parse(). Generally, though, it's better to parse
the XML in your calling application and pass the document node as a
parameter.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/