Subject: RE: Infinite Loop when param empty
From: "Michael Kay" <mhk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:01:44 +0100
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> I have a param which is populated with an XML source.
>
> The paramter is declared like this:
> <xsl:param name="ENTRY_TEMPLATE" select="/"/>
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> My top level match is:
> <xsl:template match="/">
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> Within this template rule I apply the following:
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$ENTRY_TEMPLATE"/>
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> If the param ENTRY_TEMPLATE is not set, I end up with an
> infinite loop. Is
> this normal behaviour? I'm guessing that maybe it is bad practice to
> declare the param as I have.
Yes, the system is behaving correctly - it is doing exactly what you asked
it to do. And yes, it might be a good idea to ask it to do something
different!
Michael Kay
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