It seems like a typo somewhere or a bug. Try to figure out what is in $teamStandings indeed, do something like 
<debug>
	<xsl:copy-of select="$teamStandings"/>
</debug>
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Oleg Tkachenko,
Multiconn International, Israel 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gina Marchetti
> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:42 PM
> To: 'XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:  unable to set var using document function 
> 
> 
> I am trying to set a variable using the document function. 
>  
> <xsl:variable name="teamStandings"
> select="document('MLB_TEAM_STANDINGS.XML')"/>
>  
> and then I try to retrieve something out of the xml
>  
> <xsl:value-of select="$teamStandings/sports-statistics/date/@year"/>
>  
> and it returns nothing.  If I do this, 
>  
> <xsl:value-of
> select="document('MLB_TEAM_STANDINGS.XML')/sports-statistics/date/@year"/>
>  
> it returns 2002.  Is there something wrong with my syntax, or 
> could it be in
> the libxslt?  I didn't see anything specifically in the bug fix list that
> seemed to address this, but I could be wrong.  Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>  
> Gina
> 
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