Re: matching template with arguments.

you can't use variables in match patterns. 
This restriction is removed in 2.0 sp you could switch to saxon8.

However you can always move the variable to an xsl:choose or if

instead of

   <xsl:template match="Product[not(starts-with(@code, $typ))]" />

do

   <xsl:template match="Product">
     <xsl:if test="starts-with(@code, $typ))]">
       <xsl:call-template name="id"/>
     </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>

   <xsl:template match="@*|node()" name="id">
...

David

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