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