Re: [xsl] Passing external values into xsl stylesheet to select portions of xml file (apache/cocoon)

Subject: Re: [xsl] Passing external values into xsl stylesheet to select portions of xml file (apache/cocoon)
From: "cutlass" <cutlass@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 14:48:29 +0100
u dont need to wrap everything in CDATA ??

not quite sure why ?

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
> <feed>
>     <story type="breaking_news">
>           <storyid>22497</storyid>
>           <category><![CDATA[world_news]]></category>
>           <date><![CDATA[foo]]></date>
>           <time><![CDATA[foo]]></time>
>           <revisionid><![CDATA[foo]]></revisionid>
>           <headline><![CDATA[foo]]></headline>
>           <byline><![CDATA[foo]]></byline>
>           <deck><![CDATA[foo]]><deck>
>           <body><![CDATA[foo]]><body>
>           <picture><![CDATA[foo]]></picture>
>
> <picturecaption><![CDATA[foo]]></picturecaption>
>           <publisher><![CDATA[foo]]></publisher>
>           <copyright><![CDATA[foo]]></copyright>
>           <priority>foo</priority>
>      </story>
>
>      <story type="breaking_news">
>           <storyid>23531</storyid>
>           <category><![CDATA[world_news]]></category>
>           ........
>           ........
>      </story>
> <feed>
>
>

>
> How can I pass a particular value for storyid into the
> xsl in real time for when the user clicks a link for
> story number 22222 for example???

depending upon the parser, u can use xsl:param to pass in variables ( which
themselves can be regular vars or nodesets  )

> I've looked at <xsl:variable> ...but these always seem
> to be set to a defined value INSIDE the xsl document.

yes, they are defined in the xsl, but can be given no value attribute.

your problem is the 'HOW' of getting the parser to recognize a param, which
i suspect is a cocoon specific problem,
( maybe its parsed in the URL, not quite sure )

cheers, jim fuller


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