Re: document() function refuses http adresses

"Robert Melskens" <tridero@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> XSLT processor: Saxon8b
> XSLT version: 1.0
>
> Hello,
>
> According to the WROX XSLT Programmers Reference of Michael Kay (2000 
> version) you should be able to use http addresses as a parameter of the 
> document() function (see page 442, where mr. Kay uses the example 
> "http://www.wrox.com/booklist").
>
> However in one of my stylesheet I try to use the following command:
>
> <xsl:value-of 
> select="document('http://xml.ascc.net/schematron/schematron1-5.sch')"/>
>
> unfortunately it results in a UnknownHostException. It looks as if it 
> doesn't know 'xml.ascc.net.
> I am able to use the http address in IE. I also tried it with other http 
> addresses but the result stays the same.
>
> I also tried this in XML-Spy (native XSLT processor) but also this wasn't 
> succesful.

If I follow that url it seems to redirect... maybe saxon's http
handler isn't following the redirect?

Try changing the uri to something authoritative for that resource.


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