output syntax problem

[Bill Sneddon]

Can any one tell me how to output the following string?



<%response.write "<tr><td><a href=""file://SERVER/mmlogs/TNAME" &
yearmonth & """>"& "MYJUNK" & "</a><BR></td></tr>" %>

<xsl:variable name="SERVER" select="MM_NAME" />
<xsl:variable name="TNAME" select="TOOL_NAME" />

I would want SERVER,TNAME and MYJUNK filled in at transform time.

I am using Python PYANA ver .8 (which is XLAN) to create the transform.
I have spent a lot of time messing around with this to no good end.

 

[Derek Harmon]

<%response.write "<tr><td><a href=""file://SERVER/mmlogs/TNAME" &
yearmonth & """>"& "MYJUNK" & "</a><BR></td></tr>" %>

In your XSLT stylesheet (Python-irrelevant) you'd have the following in an
xsl:template (whitespace/indentation added for readability), and you would
pass yearmonth (and any other Python variables) to the stylesheet as
parameters,

<![CDATA[<%response.write "]]>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="file://{$SERVER}/mmlogs/{$TNAME}{$YEARMONTH}" >
<xsl:value-of select="$MYJUNK" />
</a>
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
%>

Both parameters and variables can be referenced within your stylesheet's
templates with $PARAM_OR_VARIABLE_NAME. They can be injected
into quoted text (ie, attribute values) by enclosing the parameter or variable
reference in curly braces, as shown above.

I have spent a lot of time messing around with this to no good end.

A few pointers if you'll be modifying the stylesheet to accept global
parameters is that it requires <xslaram name="YEARMONTH" />
(etc.) tags as the immediate children of the opening <xsl:stylesheet ...>
tag. Then your Python environment should offer a means for passing
arguments to the stylesheet before kicking off the Transform process.

Look for overloaded methods that take a list of arguments in the
documentation, and pass the Python variables you're using like
yearmonth to the stylesheet beforehand.

If yearmonth is a JSP or other after-the-fact variable identifier that you
don't have at transformation time, then what else you might try is to
set the xslutput mode to text and do something literal with CDATA
sections in the stylesheet, like (newlines added for readability):

<!-- . . . -->
<xsl:text>&lt;a href='file://</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$SERVER"/>
<xsl:text>/mmlogs/</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$TNAME"/>
<xsl:text>" & yearmonth & "'"></xsl:text>
<!-- . . . -->

Notice I took advantage of HTML's allowance for either single-quote
or double-quotes, having runs of """ can be problematic.


HTH,

Derek Harmon

 

[Bill Sneddon]

Thanks Derek,

I was able to make this work by changing the output to text and
and escaping all of my <> in my html tags.
It is NOT pretty but it works.

I did some reading but was unable to figure out how to make the output
be & < > inside a html output file.

What I would like is the behavior of <xslutput method='text'/> locally
within a file.

It seem that the <xslutput method='xml|html|text'/> is a top level
element. So I works for the whole transform. I would like to switch
between output methods in a transform where it make the XSL more
readable for me. Is there a way to do this?

If not, I wonder if it is being concidered for XSL 2.x or beyond


Bill

<%response.write "<tr><td><a href=""file://SERVER/mmlogs/TNAME" &
yearmonth & """>"& "MYJUNK" & "</a><BR></td></tr>" %>

In your XSLT stylesheet (Python-irrelevant) you'd have the following in an
xsl:template (whitespace/indentation added for readability), and you would
pass yearmonth (and any other Python variables) to the stylesheet as
parameters,

<![CDATA[<%response.write "]]>
<tr>
<td>
<a href="file://{$SERVER}/mmlogs/{$TNAME}{$YEARMONTH}" >
<xsl:value-of select="$MYJUNK" />
</a>
<br/>
</td>
</tr>
%>

Both parameters and variables can be referenced within your stylesheet's
templates with $PARAM_OR_VARIABLE_NAME. They can be injected
into quoted text (ie, attribute values) by enclosing the parameter or variable
reference in curly braces, as shown above.

I have spent a lot of time messing around with this to no good end.

A few pointers if you'll be modifying the stylesheet to accept global
parameters is that it requires <xslaram name="YEARMONTH" />
(etc.) tags as the immediate children of the opening <xsl:stylesheet ...>
tag. Then your Python environment should offer a means for passing
arguments to the stylesheet before kicking off the Transform process.

Look for overloaded methods that take a list of arguments in the
documentation, and pass the Python variables you're using like
yearmonth to the stylesheet beforehand.


If yearmonth is a JSP or other after-the-fact variable identifier that you
don't have at transformation time, then what else you might try is to
set the xslutput mode to text and do something literal with CDATA
sections in the stylesheet, like (newlines added for readability):

<!-- . . . -->
<xsl:text>&lt;a href='file://</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$SERVER"/>
<xsl:text>/mmlogs/</xsl:text>
<xsl:value-of select="$TNAME"/>
<xsl:text>" & yearmonth & "'"></xsl:text>
<!-- . . . -->

Notice I took advantage of HTML's allowance for either single-quote
or double-quotes, having runs of """ can be problematic.


HTH,

Derek Harmon