Hi David,
yes, with both  as="item()*"  and  <xsl:sequence
it works fine.

Thanks, Manfred

On 8/9/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If you go
>
>         <xsl:variable name="tempb">
>                 <xsl:value-of select="'b1','b2','b3'"/>
>         </xsl:variable>
>
> Then you generate a sequence of length 1 consisting of a document node,
> this document node has a single text node child consisting of teh result
> of applying value-of.
>
> So don't do that, either use a select attribute as in tempa or use
as="item()*"
> also (as in xslt1) xsl:value-of always generates a text node, and here
> you want a sequence so use xsl:sequence instead:
>
>         <xsl:variable name="tempb" as="item()*">
>                 <xsl:sequence select="'b1','b2','b3'"/>
>         </xsl:variable>
>
> same in teh call-template case:
>
>         <xsl:message select="$tempb[1]"/>
>         <xsl:variable name="tempc" as="item()*">
>                 <xsl:call-template name="processName">
>                 </xsl:call-template>
>         </xsl:variable>
>         <xsl:message select="$tempc[1]"/>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template name="processName">
>         <xsl:sequence select="'c1','c2','c3'"/>
> </xsl:template>
>
> David
>
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