Re: [xsl] node-set in .Net 2.0?

["M. David Peterson" <m.david@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryan,

Not that it matters, but why are you binding 'ns' instead of 'msxsl'?

Anyway, not important.  The following C# will compile to a .NET 2.0 
console app:

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform();
           xslt.Load("test.xsl");
           xslt.Transform("test.xml", "test.html");
       }
   }
}

using the following dummy xml saved as test.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<foo>
   <bar>test</bar>
</foo>

and the following xsl transformation file saved as test.xsl:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
               xmlns:ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
               version="1.0">

   <xsl:variable name="list">
       <item test="foo">bar</item>
       <item test="bar">of chocolate</item>
   </xsl:variable>
  
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
  
   <xsl:template match="/">
       <xsl:apply-templates select="ns:node-set($list)/item" />
   </xsl:template>
  
   <xsl:template match="item">
       <xsl:value-of select="@test"/>:<xsl:value-of select="."/>
   </xsl:template>
  
</xsl:stylesheet>

creates the following output saved as test.html:

foo:barbar:of chocolate

I'm building against the final .NET 2.0 release so I'm not sure where 
your problem might be.  A sample of your xml and xsl transformation file 
might help clear things up, but until I see it I can't no this for sure.



bryan rasmussen wrote:

> Hey
>
> I'm running a node-set heavy transform in .Net, I keep getting the
> following error:
>
> The 'Function 'ns:node-set()' has failed.'
> If I change the variable that is creating the node-set not to I get
> the following error:
> The expression passed to this method should result in a NodeSet.
>
> the ns namespace is associated with
> xmlns:ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
>
> IIRC this namespace was allowed in earlier versions of .NET. Does
> anyone know if this has changed, has .Net's already arcane nodeset
> handling rules changed? Does one have to explicitly allow nodesets to
> be created in ones code?
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen