RE: xsl:variable and key

I had one like this and I came up with:

<xsl:variable name="foo"> 
   <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="SOME-TEST">
           <xsl:apply-templates select="key('XXX', YYY)" mode="thingy"/>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
           <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::*[1]" mode="thingy"/>
      <xsl:otherwise>
   </xsl:choose>
</xsl:variable>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template select="*" mode="thingy">
	process result-tree-fragment here
	e.g.
	<xsl:copy-of select="*"/>

HTH

john

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sameer N [mailto:samooo_vc@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 11 June 2004 03:35
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xsl:variable and key
> 
> I want to assign a node-set returned by key() to a variable.
> 
> This works fine : <xsl:variable name="foo" 
> select=3D"key('XXX', YYY)"/>
> 
> But now I have a condition and I have to use <xsl:choose>. 
> And in such case I am not able to set the variable.
> The pseudo for what I want is something like this:
> <xsl:variable name="foo">
>   <xsl:choose>
>      <xsl:when test="SOME-TEST">
>           SELECT node-set returned by key('XXX', YYY)
>      </xsl:when>
>      <xsl:otherwise>
>            SELECT node-set ancestor::*[1]
>      <xsl:otherwise>
>   </xsl:choose>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> Any suggesstions? Thanks.
> 
> Sameer.
> 
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