Re: xsl:include href attribute

My bad David, you are right. Let me expound a bit on
why I am trying to use a var in the href attribute.

I am trying to include the file from another server
via an http call as the xslt will be used by two
separate applications living on two separate boxes. I
do not want to have to have 2 separate copies of this
included xslt, therefore, I cannot use a relative URI.

The following two possible solutions don't apply to my
situation (although they are handy and I will tuck
them away for later).
 
- include a different stylesheet based on
circumstances
- use different templates in the included stylesheet

Basically, I just want to set the path in a var as it
is used several time throughout my master xslt and has
to be changed when it gets moved into production. I
just don't want to have to change it in 4 or 5 places.
Having it in a var means I only have to change it in
one place.

Not a truly large or show-stopping deal, but something
that I would like to be able to do regardless. I could
send in a var as suggested as well, but I don't see
that as much of an improvement over just hard-coding
it in the xslt itself.

--n

--- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Guess I am screwed then, 
> you can achieve any result you want, just not always
> the way you want to
> do it. 
> 
> You haven't said what you actually wanted to do,
> just what you tried
> using Xpath expressions in xsl:include.
> 
> people try doing this for different reasons, and the
> suggested
> alternatives vary, so given no info, here's a random
> collection of
> possible answers.
> 
> 1) use a relative URI (from the base stylesheet)
> 
> 2) don't try to include different stylesheets from a
> common base
>    depending on circimstances. Instead run different
> stylesheets
>    depending on circumstances and get each of these
> stylesheets to
>    import a common core stylesheet.
> 
> 3) import all the stylesheets you might use, but
> make sure the templates
>    use different modes, then in your main stylesheet
> apply templates in
>    a given mode by testing your variable in an
> xsl:choose.
> 
> 4) use perl instead of XSLT.
> 
> David
> 
>
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