RE: xpath predicate help

> It doesn't work because you are not yet familiar with the 
> attribute value template (avt). Add curly braces like this:
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="{$link-target}"/>
> 
> That's how you get the evluation of a variable in an attribute value.

Charles was off his usual form there. The select attribute of xsl:value-of
is an XPath expression, not an AVT - it therefore never uses curly braces.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/