> hmm, tricky this, I have an variable like this
> 
>      <xsl:variable name="selection_all" select="//header[Sender =
> $current_user]"/>
> 
> and want to make it so that instead of the Sender element in 
> the filter it
> takes a the element to filter against as an parameter, like
> 
> 
>      <xsl:variable name="selection_all" select="//header[$TheElement =
> $current_user]"/>

You want select="*[local-name()=$TheElement and .=$current_user]"

Mike Kay
Software AG 

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