how to debug xslt?

Question

I need to dubg xslt which was called from codebehind using asp.net 2.0

Answer 1

which stage are you at? coding with syntax errors? code ok, but not working as it should?

for syntax errors, try the xsl in a better system.. I go between saxon and xalan for the best error messages.

for logic problems, I insert into the code and see what comes back!

there are free debuggers and xsl editors. I use exchanger xml lite 3.2.

Answer 2

Internet Explorer actually works as a great debugger for XSLT.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D23C1D2C-1571-4D61-BDA8-ADF9F6849DF9&displaylang=en

This will let you step through transformations from a provided XML file:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2fb55371-c94e-4373-b0e9-db4816552e41&displaylang=en