Cheers,
Wendell

hi everyone

here are two xsl files :

<xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:variable name="mode">1</xsl:variable>
        ......
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dosomething">
        <xsl:if test="$mode='1'">
                .....
        </xsl:if>
        .....
</template>
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<xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:variable name="mode" select='1'/>
        ......
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dosomething">
        <xsl:if test="$mode='1'">
                .....
        </xsl:if>
        .....
</template>

why the first one does not work, but the second one works.

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