> I have a param which is populated with an XML source.
>
> The paramter is declared like this:
> <xsl:param name="ENTRY_TEMPLATE" select="/"/>
>
> My top level match is:
> <xsl:template match="/">
>
> Within this template rule I apply the following:
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$ENTRY_TEMPLATE"/>
>
> If the param ENTRY_TEMPLATE is not set, I end up with an infinite loop.
Is
> this normal behaviour?  I'm guessing that maybe it is bad practice to
> declare the param as I have.

You are instantiating xsl:apply-templates with the root node in a template
that matches the root node, which will certainly result in an infinite
loop.

> Any clues on this?

Perhaps you want an empty node-set, if the param is not set?

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

Dave