I don't think XSLT is capable of doing that. XSLT requires the entire input tree to do it's magic, so that means that the data source must complete the feed to the XSLT program before it can start. There's other ways to transform XML (e.g. SAX) that maybe could do what you want but as far as I know they're not as easy to work with as XSLT (and I don't think supported by axkit either).
If you can change the data source, that's probably a better way to approach the problem. At a minimum have it send the data in pieces, where each piece is valid XML, and maybe buffer the pieces for the next page view (like with a "next" button) and reapply the XSLT to the new piece.
Does that help?
simon
On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Derek P Smith wrote:
Hi All,
I have just started using AxKit, and have managed to port some of my existing
CGI's to use XML/XSL, I'm still very much a beginner - but I think that I'm
making progress!
Unfortunately some of my data sources take considerable time to present their
data, a situation which I had dealt with previously by using non-parsed headers
in my CGI's. This allowed me to present the data as it arrived, every 3-4
seconds, rather than waiting 20-30 seconds and displaying the whole page.
I need to know whether it is possible to flush the output at the end of a
<xsl:template ...> section, or whether there is another means whereby I can get
this type of output.
The following is a rough idea of the type of layout I'm using in my .xsl file -
I would greatly appreciate any hints, or clues on this.
Many thanks,
Derek Smith
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"; version="1.0">
<xsl:output method="html" />
<xsl:template match="/">
<html> <head> </head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<xsl:apply-templates select="/Data/Desc" />
<xsl:apply-templates select="/Data/DLine" />
</body> </html>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="Desc"> ...code </xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="DLine"> ...code </xsl:template>
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