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Choosing Between XSLT XQuery and a Script for XML Jobs
The same grouping job in XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery and Python gave the same revenue to the cent. How the four compare on speed, length, exactness and fit.
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XQuery Basics With BaseX Using FLWOR on XML Files Fast
Query XML with XQuery in BaseX: for, let, where, order by and return, group by with exact decimals, and element constructors, on two sample files.
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Running XSLT in Python With lxml and What It Reports
Compile a stylesheet once with lxml, pass parameters safely, read xsl:message from the error log, block file and network reads, and know the 1.0 limit.
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Passing Parameters Into an XSLT Stylesheet Without Surprises
Pass values into XSLT from xsltproc and lxml, and see why a param that looks like a string is read as an XPath expression and silently ignored.
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Sorting and Filtering XML With XSLT and the Text Sort Trap
Sort with xsl:sort and filter with XPath predicates in XSLT, and avoid the default text sort that put 250000 after 44.00 and 29.50. Multiple keys and case.
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Grouping Records With XSLT 2 and Muenchian Keys Compared
Group 20,000 invoices by currency with a Muenchian key in XSLT 1.0 and with for-each-group in XSLT 2.0 on Saxon, with sums, counts and timings.
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XSLT Basics With Templates Match and Apply Templates
How an XSLT processor decides what to run: template match patterns, apply-templates, the built-in rules that dump text, modes, and the identity template.
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Debugging an XSLT Transform That Outputs Nothing or Too Much
Five stylesheets that output nothing or the whole file as text, with the cause of each: a namespace, a built-in rule, an absolute path, and a literal id.
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XSLT and XQuery for Real Transformations Step by Step
A working guide to XSLT 1.0, 3.0 and XQuery on the same files: templates, grouping, enrichment, JSON output, parameters, debugging, speed and which to pick.
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