RE: [xsl] How do I omit XML declaration in output?

["Nassar, Anthony" <ANassar@xxxxxxxx>]

The .NET XmlWriter class has an XmlSettings property that includes an
OmitXmlDeclaration property. Is that what you're after? It sounds to me
like you're in Windows.

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From: cknell@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cknell@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:55 PM
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Subject: [xsl] How do I omit XML declaration in output?

I have a process that selects data from a SQL database and combines it
using XSLT to produce an Excel file.

I now have a wish to move the data from an XML file into the database.
At a point in the process, I will continue to use XSLT to produce the
final output, so I need to retain the escaped ampersands in the data.

I have written a stylesheet to create a flat data file for uploading
into the database. When I set the output method attribute to "text", the
ampersands are output without the escaping. That is what I expect, but
not what I need.

When I set the output method attribute to "xml", the ampersands are
escaped, this is also what I expect (and what I need). The fly in the
ointment is that with the method set to "xml", the xml document
declaration is also output on the first line. This too is what I expect,
unfortunately, not what I want. Is there a setting that will cause the
processor to omit the document declaration, or will I have to remove it
in a separate section of the processing pipeline?