> 
> I have a template that  receives a parameter  that way:
>     <xsl:with-param name="paramString">
>         <params>
>             <param att="att1" name="name11">value1</param>
>             <param att="att2" name="name12">value2</param>
> 
>                 .........
>           </params>
>     </xsl:with-param>
> 
> What I'd like to is  to retrieve the value of  <xsl:value-of 
> select="$paramString/param[n]/@name" /> 

To do that in XSLT 1.0 you need the node-set() extension:

select="xx:node-set($paramString)/param[n]/@name"

 
> What it more if i make <xsl:value-of select="$paramString"/>  
>  it should 
> return value1value2 but it returns        
>         <params>
>             <param att="att1" name="name11">value1</param>
>             <param att="att2" name="name12">value2</param>
> 
>                 .........
>           </params>
> this means xalan treats it as a string instead of a tree as 
> I'd like to.
> 

<xsl:value-of select="$paramString"/>

should indeed return the string "value1value2". I'm very surprised if it
returns a string containing angle brackets. You need to show us a
complete stylesheet that demonstrates the problem.

Michael Kay


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