Re: [xsl] xsl:key and document() loading external files.

[Abel Braaksma <abel.online@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dale Tan wrote:
> is there something I am not putting into my stylesheet that enables 
> keys and the document() function to co-exist in my stylesheet?
> At work i have been successful in implementing keys and using the 
> document() function in the same stylesheet. But that is on a windows box.
> I am working on a dreamhost system, php 5.2.1. I am either using the 
> sablotron processor or libxslt, but am not 100% sure. I know that 
> sounds a little silly, but I don't knew which proecessor i am using to 
> transform my stylesheets. if anyone knows which i am using, please 
> feel free to enlighten me.

Lookup the list guidelines: it has an instruction on how to get the 
version and name of any xslt processor. In short, you should use the 
following command somewhere in your stylesheet and note its output:

<xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')" />
<xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:vendor')" />

> why would I be getting that error and not have my xml documents load 
> up into my page?
You state that it does work on a windows box and that it does not work 
on a linux box. The most likely reason is a path problem. Are your paths 
equal on both systems? Can you try a small test with the following, 
silly, obfuscated way of outputting the stylesheet content itself? It 
uses both a key function and the document function. If you get an error 
with it about the path, then I think there's a bug with your processor. 
If you don't get an error about the path, then you should check the 
paths of your current XML:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; 
version="1.0">

   <xsl:key name="t" match="xsl:variable" use="@name" />
   <xsl:variable name="test"  />

   <xsl:template match="/">
       <xsl:copy-of select="document(string(key('t', 'test')/@nothing))"/>
   </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

call the above stylesheet with the stylesheet itself as XML input.

Cheers,
-- Abel Braaksma