Thanks..
That works!

----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:02 PM
Subject: Re:  changing context node


> At 2002-12-05 13:49 +0000, Laura wrote:
> >I am not able to do this because the context node is
> >$external-merge-xml/Merging-Data/DBDetails..
> >and the for-each doesnt produce any result..
> >
> >Is there any other way to do this?
>
> At the top level of your stylesheet, bind the root node of the source file
> to a global variable as in:
>
>    <xsl:variable name="source" select="/"/>
>
> Then, when you are in the context of the external file, change the context
> to the source file by:
>
>    <xsl:for-each select="$source">
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ............................. Ken
>
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