RE: [xsl] Importing XML into XSL via document() function

["Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I understand how to use the Xpath document() function to 
> import XML into XSL, then accessing individual node values 
> from that XML. That is, for example,
> 
> <xsl:variable name="extNode" select="document('foobar.xml')/myDoc"/>
> <stuff>Title is <xsl:value-of select="$extNode/head/title"/></stuff>
> 
> What I would like to do, however, is to use the entire piece 
> of imported xml--tags and all:

Use <xsl:copy-of select="document('foobar.xml')"/>

This will copy the whole tree. Not actually the original tags, but near
enough.

Michael Kay


> 
> ===========================
> File foobar.xml:
> <myDoc><x>foo</x><y>bar</y></myDoc>
> ===========================
> File translate.xsl:
> <!-- ??? -->
> <xsl:variable name="extNode" 
> select="document('foobar.xml')"/> <stuff>Imported xml 
> here:<xsl:??? select="$extNode"/></stuff> 
> =========================== Output desired: <stuff>Imported 
> xml here:<myDoc><x>foo</x><y>bar</y></myDoc></stuff>
> ===========================
> 
> What is the XSL code to accomplish this?
> 
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