Re: Newbie - howto write to an XML file with XSL

> I am trying to read in an xml file, display it as a web page, where a
> user can insert data into avaiable text fields for the xsl script to
> write back out (append) to the xml tree i.e. use the xml document as a
> database to store data in.
> 
> Is this a valid use for xsl, and how do I do it.
> Useful URLs would be great!

No, it isn't.
It is a valid use for the first part: "read in an xml file, display it as a web page, where a user
can insert data into avaiable text fields"
Then, you need a server-side script to collect the data from the user and alter the XML file
(eventually using another XSLT file, that takes as parameters what needs to be changed in a file).
But even so, a XSLT file will not alter the original file: so you will do on the server something
like this: file.xml ---(alter.xsl)--> newFile.xml ; copy newFile.xml into file.xml

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Marian
http://www.utdallas.edu/~mgo031000/


		
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