Re: [xsl] why document() doesn't work

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-11-24 12:58 -0600, PETER WU wrote:
> Here's my document list xml file:
> ...
> <nAnnualReport filename="FSUSA00386-FOUSA00H0A.xml" />

I note that you are using relative URI values for your filenames.

> Here's partial of xsl:
> ...
>   <xsl:copy-of select="document(@filename)//Date"/>

I note that you are omitting the second argument to document(), thus 
relative URI values are going to be resolved relative to the stylesheet 
fragment from which the element with the function call was read.

> It seems document() doesn't work at all.

Perhaps the processor is not finding your data files in the same 
subdirectory as your stylesheet files.

> I can't figure out what's wrong.

Relative URI address resolution is based on the presence/absence of the 
second argument.  If your data files for document() are in the same 
subdirectory as the start of the XML fragment then use:

  document( @filename, / )

or if you are using external parsed general entities and it is relative to 
the element with the filename attribute, use:

  document( @filename, . )

I hope this helps.

....................... Ken

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