> Okay, I'll try to be clearer.
>
> The file I inserted (ClientInfo.xml) will be the file I refer to in the
> document() function.
>
> So, if I want the docName, it would be
> document('ClientInfo.xml')/*[docName]??

Quick answer.
document('ClientInfo.xml')/ gets you the root document.  Then you can
treat it like any other XPath.  (Similar to variables and parameters
node-sets as well)

Say..something like:
document('ClientInfo.xml')/lab:CIInfo/lab:mailing/lab:docname[. =
$currentName]

Jon Gorman