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RE: [xsl] Re: EXSL's dyn:evaluate() and XALAN vs. xsl:use-attribute-sets


Subject: RE: [xsl] Re: EXSL's dyn:evaluate() and XALAN vs. xsl:use-attribute-sets
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 08:06:18 +0100

> 
> What has dyn:evaluate been intended for when it can only be 
> used where XPath expressions are allowed. I think you cannot 
> achieve more with it than with a ordinary Xpath expression.
> 

A typical use case for dyn:evaluate is

   <xsl:sort select="dyn:evaluate($param)"/>

which allows the XPath expression defining the sort key to be passed in
to the stylesheet as a run-time parameter.

Michael Kay


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