Hi Yitzhak, If your XSLT transformation returns something else than an XML document, you should use xslt:transform-text [1] to receive the generated result as string.
Hope this helps, Christian [1] https://docs.basex.org/main/XSLT_Functions#xslt:transform-text On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > It seems that BaseX 12.0 beta 2686758, and later, is tripping on the XSLT > transformation that outputs text, not XML. > I am using SaxonHE12-5J. > > Even the following XQuery setting is not helping. > declare option output:method 'text'; > > IMHO, BaseX should read the output:method attribute from an XSLT and > handle it properly. > method? = "xml" | "html" | "xhtml" | "text" | "json" | "adaptive" | eqname > > https://qt4cg.org/specifications/xslt-40/Overview.html#id-xsl-output-declaration > > Below is an easy repro. > > Process3.xslt is working (xsl:output method="xml") > Process2.xslt is NOT working (xsl:output method="text") > > Error: > Stopped at C:/Program Files (x86)/BaseX/src/file, 10/15: > [FODC0002] "" (Line 1): Content is not allowed in prolog. > > XQuery > ============= > (: Outputs the result as xml. :) > declare option output:method 'text'; > > declare variable $input as xs:string := 'e:\Temp\BaseX_XSLT\Input2.xml'; > declare variable $stylesheet as xs:string := > 'e:\Temp\BaseX_XSLT\Process2.xslt'; > > xslt:transform($input, $stylesheet) > > input2.xml > ============== > <dummy>text</dummy> > > Process3.xslt > ================= > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl=" > http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> > <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> > > <xsl:template match="/dummy"> > <xsl:copy-of select="."/> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> > > Process2.xslt > ================ > <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl=" > http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> > <xsl:output method="text" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/> > > <xsl:template match="/dummy"> > <xsl:value-of select="."/> > </xsl:template> > </xsl:stylesheet> >
