Hi, I need to create a XSLT to output to multiple files. I tried using <xsl:document href...> or <saxon:output href..> with no luck.

Something like this

     <xsl:for-each...>
        <xsl:variable name="filename">
            <xsl:value-of select="name"/>.xml
        </xsl:variable>

        <saxon:output href="$filename" method="xml">

        </saxon:output>
     <xsl:for-each/>

I still get everything in one file and the file is not named the way I want.

Let me explain, in the following sample, I would need one person per file, I just need to figure out where to insert the above code in the XSLT (tried different places and still does not work)

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<people>
    <person>
        <name>Leo</name>
        <last>Santos</last>
    </person>
    <person>
        <name>Ka</name>
        <last>Lopez</last>
    </person>
    <person>
        <name>Seb</name>
        <last>Santos</last>
    </person>
</people>

XSLT:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>


    <xsl:template match="people" name="process_multiple">
        <xsl:element name="mypeople">
            <xsl:for-each select="person">
                    <xsl:variable name="filename"><xsl:value-of select="name"/>.dita </xsl:variable>
                    <xsl:element name="Name">
                        <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
                    </xsl:element>
                    <xsl:element name="Last">
                        <xsl:value-of select="last"/>
                    </xsl:element>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:element>

    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Any ideas???

Thanks

Leo

Rather than using vendor-specific extensions to XSLT 1.0, you would be better off using XSLT 2.0, for example in Saxon 8.9.

Then it's

<xsl:for-each select="person">
        <xsl:result-document href="{name}.xml" method="xml">

        </xsl:result-document>
</xsl:for-each>

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Thanks for your quick response.

I tried this using Oxygen:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>


    <xsl:template match="people" name="process_multiple">
        <xsl:element name="mypeople">
            <xsl:for-each select="person">
                <xsl:result-document href="{name}.xml" method="xml">
                    <xsl:element name="Name">
                        <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
                    </xsl:element>
                    <xsl:element name="Last">
                        <xsl:value-of select="last"/>
                    </xsl:element>
                </xsl:result-document>
            </xsl:for-each>
        </xsl:element>

    </xsl:template>

But the output is an empty file (named Untitle48.xml)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mypeople/>

If I remove the <xsl:result-document..> statements then I get the desired output but in one file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mypeople>
   <Name>Leo</Name>
   <Last>Santos</Last>
   <Name>Ka</Name>
   <Last>Lopez</Last>
   <Name>Seb</Name>
   <Last>Santos</Last>
</mypeople>

I am using Oxygen to trigger the transform, is it possible it can't handle opening multiple file outputs?

Leo

The main output file only contains the <mypeople/> element because the rest of the content has been written elsewhere, as you requested.

If you're not sure exactly where it has been written, the Saxon -t flag will tell you. I don't know how you set that in Oxygen.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

That's right, found the files in the same folder where the XSL is, I guess I was just expecting Oxygen to auto-open them as it does with the main file

Thanks a lot, you have been of a great help. I am new to 2.0, it seems to add features to easy programming in general, I just need time to learn so I just ordered your XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference from amazon.ca.