> Thanks, that works great. And I've a problem when I say
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="document($source)//$node_name"/>
> 
> Can I do this?
> 
No. If the value of $node-name is "item", then your expression is
equivalent to

document($source)//"item"

which fails because a path expression can only include node-sets, not
strings.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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