Reading data from XML comment

[GonoszNora]

Hi all!

I have en xml file full with data which result in an excel file in the end. I need to insert some more data and rows without touching the xsl file. I got the advice that I should put the extra data to a comment, but what reads out the data from the comment?
Anyone can help? Or suggest a different solution?

Thanks,
Nora

 

[k5tm]

If you load the XML document into a DOM, the comment will be a node in the DOM.

If you are using XSL to do the insertion, you can find the appropriate comment node using the XPath comment() node designation. The value of a comment() node is the text in the comment, so it is possible to create and use 'structured comments' in XSL.

Tom Morrison