> >>  my code is like this
> >>  <xsl:variable name="summ" select ="sum(row/col)" />
> 
> There's also a small chance that row and col are simultaneously zero 
> at some point in the transform. That would also produce NaN.

Um, no... "/" is the path operator, not a division.

Mike Kay

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