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Subject: RE: variable in document XPath
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 15:08:05 -0000
document variables and xpath
>
> <xsl:template name="nav">
> <xsl:for-each select="document('foo.xml')$path">
> ...
> </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> --
>
> Can a variable be placed in the XPath portion of the
> document() function?
>

No. Variables in XPath are not macros. They represent values, not parts of
an expression. You can use a variable reference in the same places within an
expression that you can use a function call.

Michael Kay
Software AG
home: Michael.H.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
work: Michael.Kay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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