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Re: Select entire XML doc

Subject: Re: Select entire XML doc
From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:11:45 -0700 (MST)
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Dhiraj Torane wrote:
> You should copy all the XML to the <TextArea>
> Following template should answer your query..
> 
> 	<xsl:template match="/">
> 		<textarea rows="10" cols="30">
> 		<xsl:copy-of select="*"> </xsl:copy-of>
> 		</textarea>
> 	</xsl:template>

No, no, no.

As has already been pointed out, this is bad advice, because it generates bad
HTML. The textarea content must be character data only. Browsers typically
work around this, but it is bad practice. Also, since he is using the HTML
output method, the copied elements will be written in HTML syntax, possibly
resulting in non-well-formed XML in his textarea.

Mike

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