> Thanks for the quick reply, I'm thinking more of something like this:
> 
> <xsl:value-of 
> select="concat('/JSPRoot',DataLocation,'[@ID='5']','/',Databas
> eVariableName)"/>
>    
> The single quotes around the 5 isn't liked because of the 
> single quote around the '[@ID....]'
> 
> Any ideas?

Write 
<xsl:variable name="apos">'</xsl:variable>
and then use $apos in your concat() call.

Michael Kay
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