My brain is fried for the evening... If no one else has been able to help
with this ill take another stab in the morning (US MST).

Best regards,

M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saverio Perugini" <sperugin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:19 PM
Subject: Re:  parameter use in XPath


> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, M. David Peterson wrote:
>
> > There are some work arounds to this issue
> > that you may find useful.  Heres one...
> >
> > <xsl:param name="keyword"/>
> > <xsl:key name="keywordMatch" match="foo" use="@bar"/>
> >
> > <xsl:template match="/">
> > <xsl:for-each select="//foo/bar">
> >     <xsl:for-each select="key(keywordMatch, $keyword)">
> >         ...
> >     </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:for-each>
> > </xsl:template>
>
> Thanks.  This work around
> appears to create a key named keywordMatch on all foo elements
> by the attribute bar.  It then uses this key in a double
> nested for loop to iterate through all foo elements whose
> bar attribute matches the keyword parameter input.
>
> While I am not sure how this code can be manipulated
> to help solve my problem, it appears as if
> this approach entails significantly modifying the
> search strategy in my original stylesheet (which
> was slightly complex even in the absence of this
> parameter issue).
>
> Are there any EXSLT functions capable of solving
> my problem without a significant rewrite of the
> stylesheet?
>
> Many Thanks,
> Saverio
>
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