If you want to display dynamic data/from database in xslt then this is a way to do your requirements. In this we are directly firing a query which returns data in xml format then according to the node names u can transform your xslt. Step 1: Create a xslt named as Sample.xsl < ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

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The main purpose to use XSLT in C# for making your application faster while rendering from server. this is the following code on how to use simple xslt files in ur aspx page by using c#. This is only for rendering a static data only not dynamic means the xslt contains hard coded data only. This can be handy when u r using any header or footer or any portion of your application which is a bit heavier and taking more time to load. Step 1: Create a file named as Demo.xsl and put the below code. < ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

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