Saxon

Legacy ID: #9436828 Legacy Poster: JeffPGMT (jeffpgmt)

The project will query SQL data from a few sources, then use an XML and/or XSLT to build an output XML file. The project's code will not know how to build the output file, instead it will rely on an XML/XSLT control file to tell it what to do. My dilemma lies in that I'm not sure if I should have the control file be an XML file such as... ...this pseudo example.... <Obj_Name>Policy</Obj_Name> <Obj_Complex>1</Obj_Complex> <Obj_Attribute value="1">tc</Obj_Attribute> <Parent_Name>Olife</Parent_Name> <Obj_Elements>PolicyAmount,Term,Modal</Obj_Elements> <Source_ResultNV sc="uPolAmount">PolicyAmount</Source_ResultNV> <Source_ResultNV sc="uPolYears">Term</Source_ResultNV> <Source_ResultNV sc="uPmtMode">PremiumModal</Source_ResultNV> </Obj_Name> ...etc for each simple or complex element The project will then build the XML based on the above and any changes to the control file will (if all is well) result in a different result XML file. I suppose that my question is if this is a good direction or if XSLT can do it all, map data into the XML output and not rely on my c# .Net code to know how to form or map the data into the result XML. TIA JeffPGMT...