XSLT passing two parameters in URL with ColdFusion

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March 15th, 2013, 08:38 PM

Man_Hunt

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XSLT passing two parameters in URL with ColdFusion

I am trying to pass two parameters through URL in XSLT file by using ColdFusion.

This is my XSLT code:

Code:

<xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:text>Actors: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="/movies/movie/actors/actor/name"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="name">
      <xsl:element name="a">
          <xsl:attribute name="href">actor_details.cfm?movieID=<xsl:value-of select="../../../@movieID"/>&actorID=<xsl:value-of select="../@actorID"/></xsl:attribute>
          <xsl:value-of select="." />
      </xsl:element>
      <xsl:element name="br" />
</xsl:template>

This is my actor_details.cfm file

Code:

<cfset MyXmlFile = Expandpath("test.xml")>
<cffile action="READ" variable="xmlInput"  file="#MyXmlFile#">
<cfset MyXslFile = Expandpath("actor_details.xsl")>
<cffile action="READ" variable="xslInput"  file="#MyXslFile#">

<cfset xslParam = StructNew() >
<cfset xslParam["movieID"] = "#url.movieID#" >

<cfset xmlOutput = XMLTransform(xmlInput, xslInput, xslParam )>
<!--- data is output --->
<cfcontent type="text/html" reset="yes">
<cfoutput>#xmloutput#</cfoutput>

And this is my actor_details.xsl file

Code:

<xsl:param name="movieID"/>

<xsl:template match="/">
    <title>Actor details</title>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="/movies/movie[@movieID=$movieID]/actors/actor[@actorID=$actorID]"/>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="actor">
    <xsl:text>Name: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="name"/>
    <xsl:element name="br"/>
    <xsl:text>Age: </xsl:text>
    <xsl:value-of select="age"/>
    <xsl:element name="br"/>
</xsl:template>

So based on the movieID and actorID passed through the URL, the actor_details page should display the actor's name and age. I am very new to ColdFusion and I can't figure out how to receive parameters passed through the URL with ColdFusion. I get unexpected error on the actor_details.cfm page.

I think the problem lies somewhere in actor_details.cfm page, but I just can't figure out what it is.

My XML file:

Code:

<movie movieID="1">
    <actors>
        <actor actorID="1"> 
            <name>Bob</name>
            <age>23</age>
        </actor>

        <actor actorID="2"> 
            <name>Jack</name> 
            <age>25</age>
        </actor>

        <actor actorID="3"> 
            <name>James</name>
            <age>38</age>
        </actor>
    </actors>   
</movie>

<movie movieID="2">
    <actors>
        <actor actorID="1"> 
            <name>Mike</name>
            <age>19</age>
        </actor>

        <actor actorID="2"> 
            <name>Daniel</name>
            <age>29</age>
        </actor>

        <actor actorID="3"> 
            <name>Phil</name> 
            <age>41</age>
        </actor>
    </actors>   
</movie>

March 16th, 2013, 08:19 AM

Man_Hunt

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I have fixed the problem by adding

Code:

<cfset xslParam["actorID"] = "#url.actorID#" >

to my CFM file and

Code:

<xsl:param name="actorID"/>

to my XSL file.

XSLT passing two parameters in URL with ColdFusion

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