Re: [xsl] Javascript in Xsl using-Xalan-Problem

[Barry Lay <blay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David,

Actually Deepak reposted the question I sent out about a month ago.  He 
seems to have the same problem I have.

Here is what I am trying to do:

I have a set of scripts for assisting development in a rather dynamic 
project.  I had the requirement to build linking code between different 
databases, some with physical ERwin models, some with logical models, 
some not modelled at all, and with the usual problem that the models 
tended to get out of date.  My main interest was being able to map 
logical and physical models within my code. 

An example of the problem would be to convert between

PARENT_BIS_CODE

and

ParentBISCode

in both directions.  Both end up being values of attributes of a 
"column" element in an intermediary XML file.  The first is the physical 
name of the column in the database and the second is the logical name 
used in the Java code.  The (JavaScript) code currently recognises that 
"BIS" is a an acroynym (in the banking business) and thus doesn't 
lower-case it.  There are a number of other business rules that are 
applied, along with the technical restriction that Oracle's column names 
can not be longer than 30 characters, requiring that the 
logical-to-physical mapping be creative in shortening the name if it is 
too long. 

It would appear that the XSLT 2.0 analyze-string function would help 
quite a bit with this and that may be the direction I will go.  I am 
sure that this is possible in XSLT 1.0 but it didn't seem like the right 
language for the job.

Thanks,
Barry

M. David Peterson wrote:

> Hi Barry,
>
> Wasn't the original question posted by Deepak? Are you and Deepak one in the 
> same or am I missing something here?
>
> Anyway, I've done a lot of work in string manipulation in XSL and would be 
> happy to share with you both code base and expertise if you find yourself in 
> such need.
>
> Best regards,
>
> <M:D/>
>
>
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