Re: [xsl] passing xml string to xsl

Subject: Re: [xsl] passing xml string to xsl
From: Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09 Dec 2004 10:41:30 +0000
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >>  I want to pass XML into XSL and then use it in templates.I've
    >> passed to my XSL, XML string using xsl:param
    >> 
    >> <xsl:param name="VisibleColumnsConfigXML"/>
    >> 
    >> Now, in this parameter I've got XML string. I can display XML
    >> in VisibleColumnsConfigXML parameter like this
    >> 
    >> <xsl:value-of select="$VisibleColumnsConfigXML"/>
    >> 
    >> But I want to access XML in VisibleColumnsConfigXML like node
    >> list, not string. How to do it ?
    >> 

    Michael> You can't parse a string containing lexical XML and turn
    Michael> it into a tree structure using any standard XSLT
    Michael> construct.

Well, you can - the document function does this - provided the
processor's URI resolver supports the data URI scheme.
-- 
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire

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