Re: [xsl] Specifying an element from a separate XML file

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:17 PM 5/20/2009, David wrote:
> <xsl:variable name="here" select="."/>
> <xsl:for-each select="doc('configuration.xml')/configuration/column">
> <td><xsl:value-of select="$here/*[name()=current()]"/></td>
> </xsl:for-each>

Or, use a meta-stylesheet, which generates a stylesheet from the 
configuration file to be applied to the main source file.

This is overkill for simple situations but can be useful when the 
configuration gets complex. Using Saxon extensions, this can even be 
done in a single stylesheet.

Cheers,
Wendell



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