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Re: Problem with document() function
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- Subject: Re: [xsl] Problem with document() function
- From: Jörg Heinicke <joerg dot heinicke at gmx dot de>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 02:24:20 +0200
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But you must be aware that in the way document('contact1.xml') the file will
be searched relative to the stylesheet. But I learned already a method for
searching the file relative to the context node, so mostly relative to the
input file (wasn't that you, Wendell, who taught me ;-) ):
documents('contact1.xml',.)
Joerg
> Gustaf:
>
> At 05:21 PM 10/11/01, you wrote:
> >In the stylesheet I give the document nodeset a handle like this:
> >
> > <xsl:variable name="data" select="document(contact1.xml)"/>
> >
> >Then I refer to bits of information in the contact file, like this:
> >
> > <xsl:value-of select="$data/*/organization"/>
> >
> >But these lines doesn't generate any output.
>
> You forgot how the document() resolves its argument(s). Give it a string,
> as in document('contact1.xml'). It's looking for a set of child elements
> named contact1.xml, not finding any, so returning an empty node set.
>
> It's an easy gotcha.
>
> Cheers,
> Wendell
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