RE: RE: [xsl] How do I omit XML declaration in output?

[cknell@xxxxxxxxxx]

I am on Windows, but the processing pipeline is built with ANT and I use the Java version of Saxon for transformations, so .NET isn't in the picture here. In fact, the computers here run Win2K (a quick search of my registry for the string ".NET" came back empty).

Thanks for your input, though.
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Charles Knell
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-----Original Message-----
From:     Nassar, Anthony <ANassar@xxxxxxxx>
Sent:     Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:06:14 -0400
To:       <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  RE: [xsl] How do I omit XML declaration in output?

The .NET XmlWriter class has an XmlSettings property that includes an
OmitXmlDeclaration property. Is that what you're after? It sounds to me
like you're in Windows. 

-----Original Message-----
From: cknell@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cknell@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:55 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [xsl] How do I omit XML declaration in output?

I have a process that selects data from a SQL database and combines it
using XSLT to produce an Excel file.

I now have a wish to move the data from an XML file into the database.
At a point in the process, I will continue to use XSLT to produce the
final output, so I need to retain the escaped ampersands in the data.

I have written a stylesheet to create a flat data file for uploading
into the database. When I set the output method attribute to "text", the
ampersands are output without the escaping. That is what I expect, but
not what I need.

When I set the output method attribute to "xml", the ampersands are
escaped, this is also what I expect (and what I need). The fly in the
ointment is that with the method set to "xml", the xml document
declaration is also output on the first line. This too is what I expect,
unfortunately, not what I want. Is there a setting that will cause the
processor to omit the document declaration, or will I have to remove it
in a separate section of the processing pipeline?