Re: [xsl] Why can't I use document() inside a template rule to match the te mplate ?

Subject: Re: [xsl] Why can't I use document() inside a template rule to match the te mplate ?
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:13:55 GMT
> My question is, why can't I use document function in the template rule or is
> there any alternative to such a problem.

"why" you can't do it is that the syntax of patterns clearly doesn't
allow document function in that position, as I think had been answered
already.

The normal idiom is to go

<xsl:apply-template select="document('Tes.xml')/*" />

then you don't need to have a second template matching /, just one matching
/books (or /readers)

David

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