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> Why is this xpath NOT working > > <xsl:value-of > select="document('connections.xml')/connections/connection[@id > =Conn]"/> > > and this IS > > <xsl:variable name="conn" select="Conn"/> > <xsl:value-of > select="document('connections.xml')/connections/connection[@id > =$conn]"/> Because the context for evaluating a path expression (such as Conn) is different depending on where it's written. In your furst case, it's looking for Conn as a child element of connection. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/
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