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xsl:copy-of must be fast enough Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev. On 7/11/05, Hondros, Constantine <Constantine.Hondros@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am pre-processing batches of about 1000 XML files at a time using Saxon. > Part of the pre-process involves aggregating linked XML documents into the > current document. Naturally, I use the document() function for this: > > <xsl:template match="table-inclusion"> > <!-- Do some cunning index/key lookup to get the inclusion's > path (not shown) --> > <xsl:apply-templates > select="document($inclusionpath)//incltable" /> > </xsl:template> > > This node-set returned by document() then gets normalised by a general > template rule: > > <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> > <xsl:copy> > <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> > </xsl:copy> > </xsl:template> > > The problem is, this runs so slowly that it is jeopardising the whole > processing pipeline. Some of the documents have five or six inclusions that > have to be processed, and since the inclusions themselves are not massive, > I'm assuming that the log-jam is in how I am pulling in the inclusions (ie. > the document() function). > > How would you optimise this? Would a deep-copy with <xsl:copy-of> be faster? > Or am I better off writing my own processor for this aggregating step (easy > enough). > > Thanks in advance. > > > -- > The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It > contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named > addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose > it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately > and then destroy it.
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