Re: xsl:for-each and variables

> (using XT from August running on NT using the windows executable)

i fixed your header for the latest spec:
<xsl:stylesheet
		version="1.0"
		xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
		xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
  >

i replaced this line:
 <xsl:variable name="temp">data/row</xsl:variable>
with this:
 <xsl:variable name="temp" select="data/row"/>

with latest (19991105) xt, i get:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

     value is 1
     value is 2
     value is 3
     value is 4
     value is 1
     value is 2
     value is 3
     value is 4


with latest saxon, i get:
Error preparing style sheet
At xsl:for-each on line 12 of file:/d:/mda/projects/xmlhacks/xmlidl/test2.xsl: Variable temp has not been declared

which seems bogus.

the interesting distinction here is what this means:
<xsl:for-each select="$temp">

with your variable value, $temp is a string called "data/row", which is substituted in,
to get back the same string. and xt thinks a single string can't possibly
be converted to a node set.

with my variable value, $temp is a result tree fragment (right, everyone?)
which is then converted to a node-set for the for-each.

i think. from the thread currently going on about "node set fragments" [sic],
i obviously don't understand this stuff either.

-mda


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