RE: multiple output files/getting command-line parameters in XT

[Sebastian Rahtz <sebastian.rahtz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kay Michael writes:
 > all the output files from within the stylesheet, and define their names via
 > a parameter (e.g. a directory name) from the command line, e.g.
 > 
 > java com.icl.saxon.StyleSheet source.xml style.xsl dir=here
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^
ah, this is the vital bit. James does not seem to have implemented an
equivalent in xt. maybe i'll be driven into the arms of ICL....

 > Another approach I have used successfully is to store lots of tiny XML
 > fragments in a relational database, and at page delivery time to assemble an
 > XML document from these fragments and render that.

true, that would be a proper general solution. maybe i'll go that way

 > I would certainly avoid parsing 3 Mb of XML every time a user wants to see
 > some small part of it.
 > 
yes, it takes a while to get that 3Mbyte file up and running :-}

sebastian


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