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here's a case where i may be extending the concept of external entities, but i can't see why. basically i want to refer to an external entity that is a cgi script: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE xml [ <!ENTITY vpn SYSTEM "http://www.xyz.com.au/internal/bin/ubcgi?PROC_NAME=vpn&VALUE=1234"> ]> <label_file>&vpn;</label_file> there's lots of problems with this when processed by xsltproc: http://www.xyz.com.au/internal/bin/ubcgi?PROC_NAME=vpn&MATCH=1234:1: error: xmlParseStartTag: invalid element name <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> ^ /tmp/xx.xml:7: error: Failure to process entity vpn <label_file>&vpn;</label_file> ^ /tmp/xx.xml:7: error: Entity 'vpn' not defined <label_file>&vpn;</label_file> ^ unable to parse /tmp/xx.xml leaving aside the fact that i've broken some coding rules for entities, is it possible to write an external entity that calls a cgi script? and just to make it harder, the cgi script lives in a protected area so i have to pass authorisation info as well.... :'( thanks rick ps to relieve the confusion, vpn in this case stands for vendor product number all help and criticism gratefully received begin:vcard fn:Rick Marshall n:Marshall;Rick email;internet:rjm@z... tel;cell:+61 411 287 530 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
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