Re: [xsl] Problem with document() function

[Wendell Piez <wapiez at mulberrytech dot com>]

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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