> I know there are plenty of response to how to make table rows 
> alternate
> but all the answers apply under the assumption that you are 
> not changin
> nodesets. My problem is i'm using recursion so my nodeset 
> keeps changing.

Give the template a parameter:

<xsl:param name="isOdd" select="true()"/>

and call it like this:

<xsl:apply-templates select=".....">
   <xsl:with-param name="isOdd" select="not($isOdd)"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>

Mike Kay 


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