Re: document() function query

Steve Benner wrote:


> can anyone tell me if the 
> implementation of the XSLT document() function within Mozilla supports 
> access to files from a server other than the one hosting the referring 
> XSLT file?  I'm trying to include a dynamic reference to an external 
> datasource and I am getting nothing (null string) back.  The URI works 
> fine if I render it as text via the XSLT and then copy and paste what is 
> displayed into the browser's (Firefox, Mac OS X 10.3.7) location field.  
> Works fine too if I save that returned file to my server and then 
> reference that within the XSLT, so it looks like the external call is 
> failing.

The FAQ
   <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/xslt/faq.html>
says that a stylesheet is not loaded from a different domain for 
security reasons, from what you describe the same seems to apply for any 
attempt to load a secondary XML input from a different domain.


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	Martin Honnen
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/