RE: [xsl] passing in a variable to the DOCUMENT()

["Michael Kay" <michael dot h dot kay at ntlworld dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Todd Binder
> Sent: 11 January 2002 16:28
> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
> Subject: [xsl] passing in a variable to the DOCUMENT()
> 
> 
> I am trying to passing a variable into DOCUMENT() within XSL, 
> and having no
> success.
> 
> <xsl:variable name="xmlfile" select="gfile">
> where xmlfile would then represent the complete filepath of 
> the XML file
> (path + filename.xml)

Perhaps you meant select="'gfile'" ??

Mike Kay

> 
> then when I try to use the following
> 
> <xsl:variable name="datafile" select="document($xmlfile)"/>
> 
> I am not getting anything, and my XSL transoformation stops.
> 
> Is this allowed?  I know that I can use successfully
> <xsl:variable name="datafile"
> select="document('../cgi-bin/xml/thisdatafile.xml')"/>
> 
> I have tried it with both xsl:variable and 
> xsl:apply-templates, but neither
> appear to allow me to pass in a variable to the document().
> 
> - Todd Binder
> todd_binder@hotmail.com
> 
> 
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