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[xsl] CSV to XML transformation XSLT to include special characters?

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Hi Listers,

I have modified an XSLT orgignally developed by Andrew Welch to transform a 
CSV to an XML for importing data into a dynamic website. I am brand new to 
XSL and XSLT and have hit a small snag with the transform.

I've done some testing and I think it comes down to the inclusion of special 
characters in my CSV, which essentially breaks the transform, giving a blank 
result - it does not even display the error messege.

Using XML 1.0 and processing with Kernow.

XSLT Below:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
	A CSV to XML transform
	Version 2
	Andrew Welch
	http://andrewjwelch.com
	
	Modify or supply the $pathToCSV parameter and run the transform
	using "main" as the initial template.
	
	For bug reports or modification requests contact me at 
andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx
-->
  		
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
	xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
  xmlns:msxsl="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
	xmlns:fn="fn"
	exclude-result-prefixes="xs fn">

<xsl:output indent="yes" encoding="US-ASCII"/>

<xsl:param name="pathToCSV" select="'file:///c:/fish.csv'"/>

<xsl:function name="fn:getTokens" as="xs:string+">
	<xsl:param name="str" as="xs:string"/>
		<xsl:analyze-string select="concat($str, ',')" 
regex='(("[^"]*")+|[^,]*),'>
			<xsl:matching-substring>
				<xsl:sequence 
select='replace(regex-group(1), "^""|""$|("")""", "$1")'/>
			</xsl:matching-substring>
		</xsl:analyze-string>
</xsl:function>

<xsl:template match="/" name="main">
  <xsl:variable name="csvconverted">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="unparsed-text-available($pathToCSV)">
      <xsl:variable name="csv" select="unparsed-text($pathToCSV)"/>
      <xsl:variable name="lines" select="tokenize($csv, '&#xD;&#xA;')" 
as="xs:string+"/>
      <xsl:variable name="elemNames" select="fn:getTokens($lines[1])" 
as="xs:string+"/>
        <root>
          <xsl:for-each select="$lines[position() > 1]">
            <row>
              <xsl:variable name="lineItems" select="fn:getTokens(.)" 
as="xs:string+"/>
              <xsl:for-each select="$elemNames">
                <xsl:variable name="pos" select="position()"/>
                <xsl:element name="{.}">
                  <xsl:value-of select="$lineItems[$pos]"/>
                </xsl:element>
              </xsl:for-each>
            </row>
          </xsl:for-each>
        </root>
      </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:text>Cannot locate : </xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="$pathToCSV"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:variable>
  <xsl:apply-templates select="$csvconverted/root"/>
</xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="/root">
    <xmodexport version="4.0" generationdate="2008-03-27 22:52:04.984" 
portalid="0">
      <records>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="row">
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </records>
    </xmodexport>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="row">
    <record id="-1" formid="22" portalid="0" adduser="1" updateuser="1" 
approved="true" dateadded="2008-04-18 00:00:00.000" datemodified="2006-04-
18 00:00:00.000" displaydate="2006-04-17 00:00:00.000" expirydate="9999-12-
31 23:59:59.000">
      <InstanceData>
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&lt;![CDATA[</xsl:text>
        <instance>
          <xsl:copy-of select="./*"></xsl:copy-of>
        </instance>
        <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">]]&gt;</xsl:text>
      </InstanceData>
    </record>
  </xsl:template>
  </xsl:stylesheet>

An excerpt from my CSV:

classdate,classname,classtime,classcode,classcost,xmodid,guestlink,classdesc
ription
3/03/2008,Sydney eats presentsV,6.30pm - 8.30pm,ALI,$75,Ashley 
Hughes,Ashley Hughes from Alio ,"Ashleyms time at Londonms River CafH and his 
travels throughout Italy have given him a simple, flexible cooking style typical of 
Italian cuisine.  At this hands-on dinner class hemll show you how he combines 
premium produce with simple fresh flavours to produce delicious Italian food."

The "H" in CafH is a special character. When I delete and replace with a 
normal"e" the stylesheet runs perfectly.

Is there a way to include these special charters into the XSLT?

Thanks, 
Marney

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