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In the absence of an "as" attribute, $test refers to a document node that has the element <one> as its child. With the "as" attribute present, $test refers to the <one> element. See http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#variable-values Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: tom tom [mailto:tomxsllist@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 13 September 2006 15:52 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Assigning types to variables > > Hi all, if I have declared the following variable: > > <xsl:variable name="test" as="element()"> > <one> > <two>hello</two> > </one> > </xsl:variable> > > I don't understand why <xsl:sequence select="$test/two"/> > retrieves the value of <two/> while <xsl:sequence > select="$test/one/two"/> does not. If I omit the 'as' > attribute it works the other way round. What exactly is > happening when I assign a node() or element() or whatever > type to this variable? > > Also could you advise what type I should be using for this > kind of task? > > I guess my problem is that I'm thinking about variables in > XSLT 1 terms! > > As usual thanks in advance > > Tom > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download > it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb
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