Saxon

Legacy ID: #6262815 Legacy Poster: Joe Fleming (pongettikin)

Ok, sorry for the almost not about Saxon post but I have searched far and wide for a simple answer to this question and have been unable to find one. There are so many different web server configs that I have no idea what's what apart from Apache vs IIS and Windows vs Unix. So I can't figure out what basic setup I would actually need to get Saxon running on a web host in order to perform server-side transformations. The reason I ask is that I'd prefer not to splurge on anything like a dedicated or VPS host in the early going. My site may take off and expand or it may not expand past the core group of people that I know will use it now. I like XSLT but am finding XSLT 1.0 to be too much of a hassle with some more complicated ideas, such as grouping. I am willing to pay a little more to use XSLT 2.0 but by a little I mean paying a few dollars/month more for something like JSP support or a Tomcat host, not to pay $80 more for a dedicated host. So, what do I need to look for in a host? Will any host with JSP work? Will any host that can use servlets work? Will any host with Tomcat work? Will any host with .NET work? Do I need special access to register dlls or change environment paths which shared host would generally not allow? Is it easy to install a PHP bridge? (Keeping in mind that I don't necessarily know exactly what some of he above actually are) Or is there just no chance in the world that I'd ever get Saxon running on a shared server? Thank you for any help.