To evaluate an XPath expression constructed dynamically as a string, you
need an extension such as dyn:evaluate().

Michael Kay
Saxonica Limited

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thorsten Scherler [mailto:thorsten@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 28 December 2004 10:40
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Convert string to nodeset
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I guess I am not the first one to ask the following question 
> but I could
> not found a clear answer in the faq or in the archive (maybe 
> I just used
> the wrong keywords).
> 
> I would like to use variables in the select-attribute of a
> <xsl:apply-template/>. How can I do that?
> 
> I have e.g.
> <xsl:variable name="inxPath">/root/inx</xsl:variable>
> 
> Then I would like to 
> <xsl:apply-templates select="$inxPath/docu"/>
> 
> ...but I get cannot convert from STRING to NODESET. 
> 
> I tried with
> <xsl:apply-templates select="xalan:nodeset($inxPath)/docu"/>
> 
> ...but I get an empty document.
> 
> Any ideas, links or tips are very welcome.
> 
> TIA
> -- 
> thorsten
> 
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