[FX.php List] Anyone using XSLT anymore?

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Bob,

Yes, the XSLT supported by FileMaker uses XML from the Web Publishing  
Engine, just like FX. Personally, I never used the XSLT stuff with  
FileMaker because I made the PHP switch before v7 came out.

Dale

On Sep 20, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I have a client who's been trying to do the impossible in  
> FileMaker, storing HUGE HTML files in a FileMaker table and then  
> trying to get them to display rapidly on the web. We reached a  
> brick wall with speed (there would be about a half-million records  
> in the database), so they moved on to another consultant who has  
> been talking to them about using XSLT.
>
> My question is this: doesn't XSLT use the same WPE that FX.php  
> does? Doesn't the data still have to be translated to XML? Would  
> there be any speed improvement by using XSLT over PHP? And finally,  
> do you guys know of anyone even using XSLT anymore?
>
> Thanks for any opinions,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
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