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RE: CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT

2003-08-17 04:54:47
Hi Ken,

Do you know which parsers support this? Does Saxon, which is what I am
using?

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com 
[mailto:owner-xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com] On Behalf Of 
G. Ken Holman
Sent: 16 August 2003 17:42
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT


At 2003-08-16 00:11 +0100, Matt Trimmer wrote:
I am building a CSV file from an XML source file using XSLT. The end 
file needs to contain a british pound sign. In the XML 
source file the 
£ sing is encased in a CDATA section. I need to make the CSV 
file ISO 
as opposed UTF otherwise common viewers such as excel will 
not read the 
information in the CSV file properly.

If I parse the file with ISO selected as the output my 
parser wont let 
it. If I use UTF, it's fine but then no one can view the 
file properly 
with "standard" tools.

Any ideas?

Some tools support <xsl:output method="text" 
encoding="iso-8859-1"/> to use 
Latin 1 as the serialization for a text file.

That should give you what you need, but a processor is not obliged to 
support it.

I hope this helps.

.................. Ken


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