sara.mitchell@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm totally baffled on why I'm getting this problem, especially
> since so many examples from books etc. look just like this.

You're going to kick yourself.

> <xsl:variable name="colors" select="document(colors.xml)/colors"/>

You meant document('colors.xml')

   - Mike
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