Re: [xsl] Newbie - howto write to an XML file with XSL

[Andy Ford <andy.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks

I did wonder whether that would be the method! I take it you build the
html file with xslt that will include a form and a post method to
rebuild the file!!

Thanks

Andy

On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 09:30 +0000, Marian Olteanu wrote:
>
> > I am trying to read in an xml file, display it as a web page, where
> a
> > user can insert data into avaiable text fields for the xsl script to
> > write back out (append) to the xml tree i.e. use the xml document as
> a
> > database to store data in.
> >
> > Is this a valid use for xsl, and how do I do it.
> > Useful URLs would be great!
>
> No, it isn't.
> It is a valid use for the first part: "read in an xml file, display it
> as a web page, where a user
> can insert data into avaiable text fields"
> Then, you need a server-side script to collect the data from the user
> and alter the XML file
> (eventually using another XSLT file, that takes as parameters what
> needs to be changed in a file).
> But even so, a XSLT file will not alter the original file: so you will
> do on the server something
> like this: file.xml ---(alter.xsl)--> newFile.xml ; copy newFile.xml
> into file.xml
>
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