Hi Hardy,

> In "this one" in the template, $mytag contains the literal
> "full_name" - what I want is the *text value* of the full_name tag,
> but this isn't doing it for me. How do I get that?

Use:

  <xsl:value-of select="*[name() = $mytag]" />

i.e. select the child element whose name is the same as the value held
in the $mytag variable.

Of course this assumes you're not worried about namespace-awareness.

Cheers,

Jeni

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