> <xsl:variable name="i">
>   <xsl:value-of select="el1/aPosition"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> <xsl:value-of select="el1/*[position()={$i}]"/>
> 

Write <xsl:value-of select="el1/*[position()=$i]"/>
or <xsl:value-of select="el1/*[number($i)]"/>

You should never have curly brackets inside an XPath expression.

Mike Kay


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