Re: [xsl] parameters in XSLT 2.0

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 9, 2005, at 9:49 AM, David Carlisle wrote:

> > Somewhere I need to configure the query,
>
> yes but setting a variable isn't configuring anything and you can 
> always
> replace a variable reference by its value, so if you only use it in one
> place it's not doing anything except perhaps make the stylesheet look a
> bit more self-documenting (which isn't a negligible consideration)

Indeed.  I need to allow users to change urls and a few other 
parameters (for authentication), so at least some of these needs to be 
easily accessible and clear.

But I get your point.

> > I suppose I could just use a function to build the query, so that I 
> > end
> > up with something like ...
> >
> > 	<xsl:variable name="bib:data" select="doc(bib:get_docs(.))"
> > as="element()+"/>
>
> well as I said before you can't use element()+ as the type of a 
> sequence
> selected by doc() as you'll get a type error.
> Either doc() will return the empty sequence, in which case you get an
> error (as you have used + which means 1-or-more) or it will return a
> document node, in which cae you will get an error as you have used
> element() (which means an element node)

So as="document-node()"?  Or just let the processor figure that out?

Bruce