Using document() within oxf:xsl processor

> I want to weave together a couple documents,
> a "default parameters" that I create using the
> Identity Processor with those returned by
> the Request Generator.
>
> I was thinking I could reference them within my
> stylesheet the same way I do within a pipeline,
> I used the identity processor to create the document
> 'defaults'.  :
>
> <!-- Returns a document with either defaults or the url parameters -->
> <p:processor name="oxf:xslt">
>  <p:input name="data" href="#defaults"/>
>  <p:input name="config">
>    <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>
>      <xsl:variable name="parameters"
> select="document(#request,/parameters)"/>
> ....
>
> but it produces the error:
>
> XPath syntax exception (XPath syntax error at char 0 on line 0 in
> {document(#request,/parameters}: Unclosed XQuery pragma) for expression:
> document(#request,/parameters)
>
> Well, I attached the xpl file, but I suspect the answer is to
> aggregate the data before passing it to xslt.

> Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
>> I want to weave together a couple documents,
>> a "default parameters" that I create using the
>> Identity Processor with those returned by
>> the Request Generator.
>>
>> I was thinking I could reference them within my
>> stylesheet the same way I do within a pipeline,
>> I used the identity processor to create the document
>> 'defaults'.  :
>>
>> <!-- Returns a document with either defaults or the url parameters -->
>> <p:processor name="oxf:xslt">
>>  <p:input name="data" href="#defaults"/>
>>  <p:input name="config">
>>    <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
>>        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
>>
>>      <xsl:variable name="parameters"
>> select="document(#request,/parameters)"/>
>> ....
>>
>> but it produces the error:
>>
>> XPath syntax exception (XPath syntax error at char 0 on line 0 in
>> {document(#request,/parameters}: Unclosed XQuery pragma) for expression:
>> document(#request,/parameters)
>>
>> Well, I attached the xpl file, but I suspect the answer is to
>> aggregate the data before passing it to xslt.
>
> Hank, you can use document() or doc(), but these functions take a string
> parameter that contains a URI. The first thing to fix is to use single
> quotes. The second thing to fix is to actually pass a URI.
>
> The XSLT transformer supports the special "input:" scheme, which gives
> you access to processor inputs. You would then write:
>
>   select="document('input:request')/*/parameters"
>
> You also need to connect something to the request input in the XPL:
>
>   <p:input name="request" href="#request"/>
>
> This should do it!
>
> -Erik
>
> --
> Orbeon - XForms Everywhere:
> http://www.orbeon.com/blog/

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Bruchez" <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [ops-users] Using document() within oxf:xsl processor
>
>
> > Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
> >> I want to weave together a couple documents,
> >> a "default parameters" that I create using the
> >> Identity Processor with those returned by
> >> the Request Generator.
> >>
> >> I was thinking I could reference them within my
> >> stylesheet the same way I do within a pipeline,
> >> I used the identity processor to create the document
> >> 'defaults'.  :
> >>
> >> <!-- Returns a document with either defaults or the url parameters -->
> >> <p:processor name="oxf:xslt">
> >>  <p:input name="data" href="#defaults"/>
> >>  <p:input name="config">
> >>    <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> >>        xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
> >>
> >>      <xsl:variable name="parameters"
> >> select="document(#request,/parameters)"/>
> >> ....
> >>
> >> but it produces the error:
> >>
> >> XPath syntax exception (XPath syntax error at char 0 on line 0 in
> >> {document(#request,/parameters}: Unclosed XQuery pragma) for expression:
> >> document(#request,/parameters)
> >>
> >> Well, I attached the xpl file, but I suspect the answer is to
> >> aggregate the data before passing it to xslt.
> >
> > Hank, you can use document() or doc(), but these functions take a string
> > parameter that contains a URI. The first thing to fix is to use single
> > quotes. The second thing to fix is to actually pass a URI.
> >
> > The XSLT transformer supports the special "input:" scheme, which gives
> > you access to processor inputs. You would then write:
> >
> >   select="document('input:request')/*/parameters"
> >
> > You also need to connect something to the request input in the XPL:
> >
> >   <p:input name="request" href="#request"/>
> >
> > This should do it!
> >
> > -Erik
> >
> > --
> > Orbeon - XForms Everywhere:
> > http://www.orbeon.com/blog/
>
> Aha! thanks Erik.
>
> RTFM http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/processors-xslt#user-defined
>
> I'm still struggling though... Does the xmldb:query
> processor have user defined inputs?  How do I pass the
> params to the query?  Build the query with xslt -- seems
> like a problm.
>
> Well, maybe a weekend will bring some insight.
>
> Best,
> Hank
>
>
>
>
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