I generally try to avoid even the appearance of evil... so using variables for output parameters is clearly out. I humbly ask forgiveness for even suggesting it.
What if we were to support both syntax? Could do some unnecessary parsing if addParameter is used, but hopefully this would not be too bad. Art -----Original Message----- From: Shane Curcuru [mailto:shane_curcuru@;yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: SQL Extension enhancement/replacement OK, I'm far from an expert in this area, but I'd like to echo John Gs comment: > Modifying parameters, especially behind the scenes, is a little more > that a "minor infraction" it violates one of the basic tenants of XSL > variable handling. Side effects are evil in the XSLT world. Even though your stated example seemed completely straightforward, leaving the functionality like that is just begging someone to write a stylesheet that executes out-of-order and then complains endlessly when it breaks - or worse, produces inconsistent results. Simplify, and don't make any assumptions about the order that things are executed in. Thanks for the nifty-looking submissions! - Shane (Shane strongly prefers this:) <xsl:variable name="groupid" select="25" /> <xsl:variable name="I_result" select="0" /> <xsl:variable name="I_server" select="" /> <xsl:variable name="table" select="sql:query($products, ?[integer=I_result] = CALL testproc ?[integer=groupud], ?[varchar=I_server OUT])" /> (Shane does not prefer this:) <xsl:value-of select="sql:addParameterWithType("25", "long") /> <xsl:value-of select="sql:addParameterWithType("0", "long") /> <xsl:value-of select="sql:addParameterWithType("", "string") /> <xsl:variable name="table" select="sql:query($products, ? = CALL testproc ?, ? OUT])" /> ===== - Shane <eof .sig="'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a very scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less'" "Oohayu oyod?!"=gis. /> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
