> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Barker [mailto:CharlieBarker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 July 2003 15:08
> Subject:  Extracting values from the XML data source

> Is it possible to extract a value from the xml data and place 
> it into a
> stylesheet variable at the time of processing ?

<xsl:variable name="" select=""/> is the statement u want
 
> My reason for needing to do this is that I would like to 
> restrict the number
> of 'rows' returned by the style sheet dynamically.

well then you may want to inject a parameter using

<xsl:param name="" select=""/>

though each xsl processor has its own method with respect to getting the param recognized.

check out www.dpawson.co.uk for XSLT faq on this

gl, jim fuller

> Cheers,
> 
> Charlie
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