Re: Parameters in the XPath for apply templates.

> document($doc)//$type"
...
> The problem is that the $type isn't allowed here

it is, so long as it has the right type, for example if it contained a
node set with the itemA element, it would work (although it would be
equivalent to $type, the document($doc)// wouldn't do anyhing in that
case.

> I have confirmed that if I
> do select="document($doc)//itemA" it works.

but itemA is an XPath expression that generates a node set, your
parameter is probably string valued, so that
what you have is equiavlent to

select="document($doc)//'itemA'"

which is a syntax error.

You could go

"document($doc)//*[name()=$type]"

but are you sure you really want to do that?
why not pass in the nodes themseleves as a parameter rather than the
name of the nodes.

David


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