RE: Tree Fragment versus Node Set

Now I have a problem getting values out of my node-set which was
converted from the tree fragment.

   <xsl:variable name="myVar">
      <xsl:call-template name="buildMyVariableNode">
         <xsl:with-param name="arg1" select="'test1'"/>
         <xsl:with-param name="arg2" select="'test2'"/>
      </xsl:call-template>
   </xsl:variable>

   <xsl:value-of
select="xalan:nodeset($myVar)/result/firstElement/text()"/>

I get nothing back for the value-of tag. My XML snippet that is the
nodeset
would look something like this:

   <result>
      <firstElement>some value</firstElement>
      <secondtElement>some value</secondElement>
   </result>

I've tried variations on the XPATH expression but nothing is working.
This simply
ouput of the nodeset works as expected.

   <xsl:value-of select="$myVar"/>

And also ...

   <xsl:value-of select="xalan:nodeset($myVar)"/>

I know I must be missing something simple but I can't seem to
see if for the trees.

-Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Kay [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:15 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  Tree Fragment versus Node Set

> is there a
> better way to do this?

No, in 1.0 there isn't. You sometimes need to create result tree
fragments.
But don't do it when you don't need to.

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin L. Cobb [mailto:kevin.cobb@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 September 2005 15:33
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Tree Fragment versus Node Set
>
> I realize that its always better to form my variables into node-sets
> versus tree fragments by using the select attribute whenever possible.
> But, can one ALWAYS prevent (in XSLT 1.0) making a tree fragment? For
> example, if building my variable comes from a template call, is there
> a better way to do this?
>
>    <xsl:variable name="myVar">
>       <xsl:call-template name="buildMyVariableNode">
>          <xsl:with-param name="arg1" select="'test1'"/>
>          <xsl:with-param name="arg2" select="'test2'"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>    </xsl:variable>
>
> -Thanks,
>
> Kevin