Re: [xsl] XQuery and XSLT

["Andrew Welch" <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/17/06, Jesper Tverskov <jesper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi list
>
> As a fan of XSLT and almost addicted to it, I am surprised to learn that
> XQuery is not just for views joining documents, filtering, grouping and
> sorting, but that XQuery is also great for transformations like XML to HTML
> and XML to XSL-FO/pdf.

If you are used to <xsl:for-each-group> you will find XQuery a bit of
a pain, plus for generating HTML having elements in amongst free text
just isn't as nice as nested elements in amongst XSLT elements.

The best thing to do is give it a go - I would recommend eXist with
oXygen for a comfortable learning experience.

Hopefully one day someone will create an XSLT processor that operates
against a native XML database, to have have the best of both worlds.

In the mean time, I use the collection() function and
saxon:discard-document() to generate reports from directories of XML,
as its fast enough and grouping is essential.

cheers
andrew