Thank you very much Dave,
This is Good Idea and I think it will work for me.
Raj.
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> You cannot store the result of an extension function call between
> transformations. If you really need to make this as efficient as
> possible,
> you can pass the options as a top-level parameter to the stylesheet. You
> can then create the string once, before you start processing, and set the
> parameter for each transformation.
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> See the UseStylesheetParam example for more information about setting
> parameters.
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> HI All,
> Is there any way I can invoke external function only once.
> I am using xsl to generate report. I am taking xml file as input.
> And I have another xml file which contains report options.
> I am calling extension funciton to get the report options in the
> form of string with delimiters. Since the report options are not
> going to change for each transformation, I do not want to call
> external function for each transformation. Is there any way I
> can store the report options string and avoid calling extension
> function again.
> If not possible, How expensive is it to call extension
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> for each transformation.
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> Regards,
> Raj
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