RE: CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT

Hi Ken,

Do you know which parsers support this? Does Saxon, which is what I am
using?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> G. Ken Holman
> Sent: 16 August 2003 17:42
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT
> 
> 
> At 2003-08-16 00:11 +0100, Matt Trimmer wrote:
> >I am building a CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT. The end 
> >file needs to contain a british pound sign. In the XML 
> source file the 
> >£ sing is encased in a CDATA section. I need to make the CSV 
> file ISO 
> >as opposed UTF otherwise common viewers such as excel will 
> not read the 
> >information in the CSV file properly.
> >
> >If I parse the file with ISO selected as the output my 
> parser wont let 
> >it. If I use UTF, it's fine but then no one can view the 
> file properly 
> >with "standard" tools.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> 
> Some tools support <xsl:output method="text" 
> encoding="iso-8859-1"/> to use 
> Latin 1 as the serialization for a text file.
> 
> That should give you what you need, but a processor is not obliged to 
> support it.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> .................. Ken
> 
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