Hello

I wonder how can I find out if the param given to the xsl is defined
without error during compilation.

Actually I have such code (a part of it)

<xsl:if test="$showWarnings='true']">
<p><xsl:apply-templates select="$list" mode="errors"/></p>
</xsl:if>

But the $showWatnings can be undefined so I got error: "variable
"showWarnings" not defined". Some external (java) threads transform a
xml file with many data using the same xsl. Some of them define param
<xsl:param name="showWarnings">true</xsl:parambut others not and
those others shouldn't even know about such param.

Any idea?? Please?

When you declare the parameter, set up a default value that you can
recognize as not having been passed in.

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Hello
>
I wonder how can I find out if the param given to the xsl is defined
without error during compilation.
>
Actually I have such code (a part of it)
>
<xsl:if test="$showWarnings='true']">
<p><xsl:apply-templates select="$list" mode="errors"/></p>
</xsl:if>
>
But the $showWatnings can be undefined so I got error: "variable
"showWarnings" not defined". Some external (java) threads transform a
xml file with many data using the same xsl. Some of them define param
<xsl:param name="showWarnings">true</xsl:parambut others not and
those others shouldn't even know about such param.
>
Any idea?? Please?
>

If the xsl:param is a global one, use this XPath expression to determine its
presence in the stylesheet:

document('')/*/xls:param[@name = 'showWarnings']

The above may not be usable if the stylesheet is dynamically generated (not
loaded from a file or URL).

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

But like I said there can be situation that this param won't be even
declared!!
Joe Kesselman wrote:

When you declare the parameter, set up a default value that you can
recognize as not having been passed in.
>
--
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/\ Stamp out HTML e-mail! | System architexture and kinetic poetry

Could you please write a simple example how to use this expression in
such "if" clause?

Dimitre Novatchev wrote:

<kforski@gmail.comwrote in message
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>
If the xsl:param is a global one, use this XPath expression to determine its
presence in the stylesheet:
>
document('')/*/xls:param[@name = 'showWarnings']
>
The above may not be usable if the stylesheet is dynamically generated (not
loaded from a file or URL).
>
Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev

<kforski@gmail.comwrote in message
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Could you please write a simple example how to use this expression in
such "if" clause?

That's pretty basic XSLT:

<xsl:if test="document('')/*/xls:param[@name = 'showWarnings']">

<!-- The param is defined: Do whatever really needs to be done here -->

</xsl:if>

>
Dimitre Novatchev wrote:

>

Dimitre Novatchev schrieb:

<xsl:if test="document('')/*/xls:param[@name = 'showWarnings']">

Unless you map the prefix 'xls' to the XSLT namespace, you should write
'xsl:param'.
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(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

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Dimitre Novatchev schrieb:

>
Unless you map the prefix 'xls' to the XSLT namespace, you should write
'xsl:param'.

Oops... Thanks -- I only now see it's xls and not xsl

I think the OP made a typo, which I didn't notice. Of course, it must be:

<xsl:if test="document('')/*/xsl:param[@name = 'showWarnings']">


Also, the above implies that the "xsl" prefix is bound the usual way :o)

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev