RE: select in the <xsl:param /> tag

> From: Simon Kelly [mailto:kelly@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:10 AM
> Subject:  select in the <xsl:param /> tag
> 
> 
> Am I right in saying that declaring the <xsl:param /> tag as 
> follows will
> make the named node set default to null if the template is 
> called without
> the <xsl:with-param /> tag.
> 
> <xsl:param name="node-set" select=".." />

This would create a node-set rooted at the parent of the context node, so
it's not null.  In fact I don't believe this could ever be null, since all
nodes except the root must have one parent.

> or is it
> 
> <xsl:param name="node-set" select="" />

This isn't legal XSLT--the select attribute must be non-empty.

cheers,
b.

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