Re: Deleting a node depending on contents of a grandfa

I understood that I could not use variables in a template match
statement such as
<xsl:template match="absent[ancestor::player/@pword=$varpword
    and from=$vardate]"/>
Or am I missing something?

Ouch, this is correct. Some processors will accept this anyway.
Well, this should be portable:
  <xsl:template match="absent">
    <xsl:if test=ancestor::player/@pword!=$varpword
       or from!=$vardate)">
       <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
    </xsl:if>
  </xsl:template>