This code will do exactly the same as the original.

MK 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: omprakash.v@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:omprakash.v@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 26 July 2005 10:19
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Save the sorted xml in a variable
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
>      In your xslt, you have an apply-templates with 
> mode="copy" but there
> is no template that invokes it.
> So you may want to move your variable initialization inside 
> your document
> template as below:
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
> 
> <xsl:variable name="sorted">
>        <xsl:apply-templates mode="copy" select="data"/>
> </xsl:variable>
> 
>        <xsl:apply-templates select="ms:node-set($sorted)/*" 
> mode="main"/>
> 
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="item" mode="main">
>  <xsl:value-of select="."/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> Cheers,
> prakash
> 
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