this is stunning -- it works beautifully! FYI, the $filterstmt variable is of the following form and contains dynamic elements, which is why xalan:evaluate is used:

  (column[((@name='AccountNumber') and (contains(translate('735050C',
  'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz','ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'),
  translate(text(), 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
  'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'))))]) 


it depends if the form is variable or if its just the column and text
that varies. In the latter case you don't need evaluate()

if the thing is to filter on a specified column, those entries whose
character data is a substring of a given string (case insensitive) then


<xsl:param name="colname" />
<xsl:param name="filterstr" />

then...

select="
DataRow[column[@name=$colname]
              [contains(translate($filterstr,'ABC..','abc..'),
                        translate(text(),'ABC..','abc..'))]
"


David

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