thanks a lot man that was the answer

cheer
Luke
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manpreet Singh" <singhm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:47 AM
Subject: RE:  value-of and param


> 
> try this
> 
>  <xsl:param name="name" select="'sdf'"/>
> 
> regards
> Manpreet
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Ambrogio [mailto:luke.ambrogio@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  value-of and param
> 
> 
> Hi guys,
>  
>  i have a param tag with a text value, example
>  
>  <xsl:param name="name" select="sdf"/>
>  
>  and then i use a value-of tag to get its value, example
>  
>  <xsl:value-of select="$name"/>
>  
>  but it does not work, once i change it with a numeric value it works,
>  anybody has an idea?
>  
>  Regards
>  Luke Ambrogio