Re: Using URL parameters in XSL

Hi Julian,
 i understand that you wish to apply an XSL to a XML
file, and supply imageNum parameter with the URL.
Instead of trying to do transformation on browser as
http://bla.bla/batman.xml?imageNum=3 , you may shift
your XSLT processsing on server side. The advantage is
that *this will work with all the browsers*. For e.g.
if you are in a position to use JSP, you can easily do
http://bla.bla/sompage.jsp?imageNum=3 . Then in this
JSP you can easily extract imageNum value using
request.getParameter("imageNum") and then can call a
Java XSLT processor and return the result of transform
to browser. 

Regards,
Mukul


--- Julian Wood <woodj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mukul,
> 
> Thanks for your response. Unfortunately this is a
> user-generated 
> parameter (from another local (ie on CD) web page),
> so I don't see how 
> I can write their choice to a file, or even
> manipulate a file so it 
> reflects their choice, such that I could read it in
> via document(). I 
> was thinking sending it as a get parameter in the
> URL would be best, 
> but still no luck in getting it back again in the
> next xsl document.
> 
> Regards,
> J
> 
> On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 10:40 PM, Mukul
> Gandhi wrote:
> 
> > Hi Julian,
> >  i don't know whether it will really be possible
> to
> > get parameter value as you want. But i can think
> of an
> > alternative approach. You can create another XML
> file
> > for e.g. param.xml having something like --
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <param>3</param>
> >
> > In your XSL you can use document() function to
> access
> > param.xml and the <param> tag's value..
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mukul
> --
> Julian Wood
> 
> Programmer/Analyst
> Learning Commons, University of Calgary
> 
> 
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