> 
> Can anyone figure out why $row1 does not evaluate to a 
> nodeset? What do I need to do different about declaring row1?

xsl:variable with non-empty content creates a result tree fragment.

Why are you copying the nodes to create a new tree? This is a really
expensive operation. You only need to select the nodes:

<xsl:variable name="row1" 
   select="$items[position() &gt; 0 and position() &lt; 5]"/>

Michael Kay
Software AG
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work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> This works fine in MSXML3.0 sp1
> 
> 
>        <xsl:template name="grid">
>                <xsl:param name="items"/>
>                <xsl:param name="URL"/>
> 
>                <xsl:variable name="row1"><xsl:copy-of 
> select="$items[position() &gt; 0 and position() &lt; 
> 5]"/></xsl:variable>
>                <xsl:variable name="row2"><xsl:copy-of 
> select="$items[position() &gt; 4 and position() &lt; 
> 9]"/></xsl:variable>
>                <xsl:variable name="row3"><xsl:copy-of 
> select="$items[position() &gt; 8 and position() &lt; 
> 13]"/></xsl:variable>
>                <xsl:variable name="row4"><xsl:copy-of 
> select="$items[position() &gt; 12 and position() &lt; 
> 17]"/></xsl:variable>
> 
> <!--   The following expression works -->
> 
> 
>                <xsl:for-each select="$items[position() &gt; 0 
> and position() &lt; 5]">
>                        <xsl:value-of select="@SKU"/><br/>
>                </xsl:for-each>
> 
> <!--   This one below does not work???? ::-->
> 
>                <xsl:for-each select="$row1">
>                        <xsl:value-of select="@SKU"/><br/>
>                </xsl:for-each>
> 
> <!--   <I>Expression must evaluate to a node-set. 
> --&gt;$row1&lt;--</I> -->
> 
>        </xsl:template>
> 
> 
> Sean Hayes
> 
> 
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