read records from database in XSLT

Hi,

I have a question regarding reading records from a database in XSLT.

I have the following xml file:

<files>
<file db="db1" name="/record/2233/21/1/12_mmish"  />
<file db="db2" name="/record/2233/21/2/34_ytrrm"  />
</files>

And the name attribute is a key in a mysql table. What I want is the
value of the key. So, I can use "select recordvalue from Record where
keyvalue = '/record/2233/21/1/12_mmish'" to get the record value from
the table.

The record value is actually in xml format like this:
<xml>
  <db1>
   <title> title1 </title>
  </db1/>
</xml>

What I need is to read the whole value in my stylesheet using something
like <xsl:variable name='record' select="document(@name)/xml"/>. But
since the name attribute is not the path to a xml file, I cannot use
this method.

Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to approach this or some
information I can know more about using queries in my stylesheet?

Thanks a lot.

Ming



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