RE: using <xsl:variable>

>       I have a variable whose value I need to increment by 1 
> every time the template is called.

You can't: that's not the way XSLT programming is done. It's a
side-effect-free language. There are other ways of achieving the required
effect, if you explain the problem you are trying to solve someone on this
list will almost certainly give you a hint on how to approach it.

Mike Kay


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