Thanks! I'm using Linux and I ended up solving my problem by escaping the quotes:
./Xalan -p id \"foo\" test.xml test.xsl this also worked: ./Xalan -p id \'foo\' test.xml test.xsl -Chris David N Bertoni/Cambridge/IBM wrote: > > This could be an issue with your operating system command processor, > although I don't have Xalan 1.2 around with which to test this, so it could > be a bug with the parameters mechanism (although I doubt it). > > Here's what I get with the latest CVS code, on Windows 2000, using your > stylesheet and a dummy input document: > > C:\test\Saint-Amant>Xalan -p id "'foo'" test1.xml test1.xsl > > ID: foo > C:\test\Saint-Amant> > > How you specify the value depends on your command line processor and how it > handles the " and ' characters. > > Dave > > > Chris > Saint-Amant To: > [email protected] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: David N > Bertoni/Cambridge/IBM) > net> Subject: Params at command line > > 04/02/2002 07:02 > PM > Please respond > to chris > > > > Hi, > > I'm having a problem passing parameters to a stylesheet using the Xalan > command line app. > > When I call: ./Xalan -p id foo portfolio.xml test.xsl > ...the param "id" never gets passed to the stylesheet. I've also tried > things like -p id 'foo' or -p id "foo" but nothing seems to work. > > I've been testing using the following XSL: > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; > version="1.0"> > > <xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/> > > <xsl:param name="id">default</xsl:param> > > <xsl:template match="/"> > ID: <xsl:value-of select="$id" /> > </xsl:template> > > </xsl:stylesheet> > > When I don't pass any parameter to the command line, it echoes "ID: > default", but when I _do_ pass the parameter, it just echoes "ID: ". > Anyone else experience this? I am using Xalan build 1.2. > > -Chris Saint-Amant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
