AW: Using document() for multiple unknown input files

Hi,

Thank you very much for your very helpful input.
I tried to solve my issue with a collection searching a directory,
but since this search had to be done multiple times (each time searching an
other directory)
within my stylesheet, performance was very poor.
So I did it with an XML help file, which contained my needed information.
Thanks a lot for your help!

wbr,
Roman

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Roman Huditsch
IT and Electronic Publishing
LexisNexis ARD Orac
Marxergasse 25
1030 Vienna
Austria
ph: +43-1-534 52-1514
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e-mail roman.huditsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2005 00:19
> An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: RE:  Using document() for multiple unknown input files
>
> XSLT 2.0 provides a collection() function. The way that the
> argument URI works is left to the implementation. In Saxon
> you can search a directory using
>
> collection("dir?select=*.xml;recurse=yes")
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Huditsch Roman [mailto:Roman.Huditsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 October 2005 07:55
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  Using document() for multiple unknown input files
> >
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I am sure that this question was risen in the past, too, but I
> > couldn't find any useful hint using the archive search.
> >
> > My use case: I want to search a given string in all XML files
> > contained in a given directory.
> > I don't know the amount and names of those XML files.
> > I've done such a thing before by generating a directory listing and
> > then reading it by unparsed-text() followed by some analize-string
> > instructions.
> > Is there any way to provide a directory to the document() function
> > like document('./*.xml')?
> > Or is there a simple and performant way to solve this use case with
> > pure XSLT?
> > Thank you very much for your help!
> >
> > all the best,
> > Roman
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Roman Huditsch
> > IT and Electronic Publishing
> > LexisNexis ARD Orac
> > Marxergasse 25
> > 1030 Vienna
> > Austria
> > ph: +43-1-534 52-1514
> > f: +43-1-534 52-140
> > e-mail roman.huditsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.lexisnexis.at