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Resolving URI from variable in href attribut
Added by Anonymous about 19 years ago
Legacy ID: #3399595
Legacy Poster: sh (sh_9109394)
Hello, I'm writing a XSLFO script for generating a PDF file from a XML source,
produced by a database. I devided the XSLFO script in some parts. In the starting script
I merge the parts with 'xsl:include'. Up to now I use hard coded names. But to meet the
language specific numberformates I want to write a short xsl file with the specific
numberformat from the database. The name and path of the xsl file I write in a
configuration file. With a XSLT function I read this name and path in a XSL variable.
But the 'xsl:include' function doesn't resolve the string from the variable. working
example: <xsl:include href="c:/include.xsl" /> not
working. <xsl:variable name="includefile"
select="'c:/include.xsl'" /> <xsl:include
href="{$includefile}" /> I get this error message: Saxon 8.5.1
from Saxonica Java version 1.5.0_03 Error at xsl:include on line 623 of
file:/c:/starting.xsl: XTSE0165: net.sf.saxon.trans.DynamicError: Invalid relative URI
{{$includefile}} : Illegal character in path at index 0: {$includefile} Failed to
compile stylesheet. 1 error detected. thanks Stefan
Legacy ID: #3400365
Legacy Poster: Michael Kay (mhkay)
You can't modify a stylesheet at run-time, which is what you are trying to do. The
href attribute of xsl:include must be a URI, not an expression. The usual answer to this
requirement is to turn things upside-down. You should include or import general-purpose
code into a stylesheet that handles the special case, not the other way around, and then
run the transformation by nominating the special-purpose stylesheet as your entry point.
Also: please raise general XSLT coding issues on the xsl-list at mulberrytech.com - this
list is for things specific to the Saxon product. Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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