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 But how do I combine test="self::book:title" with a variable $sort, You can't ... since you are dealing with strings being passed on the command line, and node tests along axes must be known at compile time, to be namespace-safe you must deal with both components of the name. Say you have from the command line two parameters: <xsl:param name="sort-name"/>
<xsl:param name="sort-uri"/>Then you can sort by children with both name components in a namespace-safe fashion for string values using: <xsl:sort select="*[local-name()=$sort-name and
namespace-uri()=$sort-uri]"/>Can you see how the above doesn't get impacted by the namespace prefix utilized by the instance? but test="self::book:$sort" will probably not work Yes, it will not work. You cannot use a variable in a node test, but you can use a variable in a predicate in most expressions (but not in pattern expressions). I hope this helps. ................................. Ken
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