> is there a
> better way to do this?

No, in 1.0 there isn't. You sometimes need to create result tree fragments.
But don't do it when you don't need to.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin L. Cobb [mailto:kevin.cobb@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 15 September 2005 15:33
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Tree Fragment versus Node Set
> 
> I realize that its always better to form my variables into node-sets
> versus tree fragments by using the select attribute whenever possible.
> But, can one ALWAYS prevent (in XSLT 1.0) making a tree fragment? For
> example, if building my variable comes from a template call, 
> is there a
> better way to do this?
> 
>    <xsl:variable name="myVar">
>       <xsl:call-template name="buildMyVariableNode">
>          <xsl:with-param name="arg1" select="'test1'"/>
>          <xsl:with-param name="arg2" select="'test2'"/>
>       </xsl:call-template>
>    </xsl:variable>
> 
> -Thanks,
> 
> Kevin