[xsl] Re: encoding error when using cdata

Subject: [xsl] Re: encoding error when using cdata
From: Mike Stroud <stroudmw@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:30:20 +0200
I'm sorry to have to admit that I have no idea how to check what kind
of serializer I'm using. I don't even know what a serializer is. That
gives me one more thing to read up on today.

Mike.

> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:20:09 -0000
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: encoding error when using cdata
> Message-ID: <28527BCDF9D247048A274FEA963E47CE@Sealion>
>
> I strongly suspect that you are using the DOM serializer rather than the
> XSLT serializer. Check the code used to run the transformation: if you are
> sending the result to a DOM destination, then the XSLT processor is not
> doing the serialization, and everything you say in xsl:output is ignored.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Stroud [mailto:stroudmw@xxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 24 February 2009 06:23
>> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [xsl] Re: encoding error when using cdata
>>
>> Hello Michael & all,
>>
>> Many thanks for your reply. What I don't understand is why
>> the resultant XML file is encoded like this: <?xml version="1.0"
>> encoding="UTF-16"?>. I can't seem to change it! What I want
>> is WINDOWS-1252, but I end up with UTF-16 no matter what I do
>> (The source XML document is UTF-8). My XSL looks like this:
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?> <xsl:stylesheet
>> version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>> <xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml"
>> cdata-section-elements="Name LongDesc"/> <xsl:template
>> match="/" xmlns:wc="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/1.0";>
>> <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>> </xsl:template>
>> </xsl:stylesheet>
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>>
>> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:35:00 -0000
>> > To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Subject: RE: [xsl] encoding error when using cdata
>> > Message-ID: <F96EBBFDBCD64FF788886401A4C8328C@Sealion>
>> >
>> > The error is Microsoft-specific, see for example
>> >
>> > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275883
>> >
>> > Incidentally, your code shows inconsistencies in the spelling of
>> > "description" and "longDesc". XML is case-sensitive.
>> >
>> > Michael Kay
>> > http://www.saxonica.com/
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Mike Stroud [mailto:stroudmw@xxxxxxxxx]
>> >> Sent: 23 February 2009 09:13
>> >> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Subject: [xsl] encoding error when using cdata
>> >>
>> >> Hello all,
>> >>
>> >> I've been experimenting with cdata because I've got some funny
>> >> characters in my XML files. I've got something like this:
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <wc:COLLECTION
>> >> xmlns:wc="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/1.0";>
>> >> <ChangedParts NAME="ChangedParts" TYPE="Unknown"
>> STATUS="0"> <Part>
>> >> <Name>446RLi SMD ASSY</Name> <description></description>
>> >> <LongDesc></LongDesc>
>> >>
>> >> etc...
>> >>
>> >> The XSL looks like this:
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet
>> version="1.0"
>> >> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
>> >> <xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml"
>> >> cdata-section-elements="Name Description Longdesc"/> <xsl:template
>> >> match="/" xmlns:wc="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/1.0";>
>> >> <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
>> >> </xsl:template>
>> >> </xsl:stylesheet>
>> >>
>> >> And the resultant XML turns out like this...
>> >>
>> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?> <wc:COLLECTION
>> >> xmlns:wc="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/1.0";>
>> >>
>> >> etc...
>> >>
>> >> I now get the following error: Switch from current encoding to
>> >> specified encoding not supported. Line: 1. <?xml version="1.0"
>> >> encoding="UTF-16"?>
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know how I can fix this? I've tried different encoding
>> >> methods in the XSL file, but they appear to be ignored.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Mike.

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