You may model a random number generator using a random seed e.g. a value 
derived from current time stamp, 
and an xlst generator function.

See 
http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com/weblog/2008/11/22/GeneratorFunctionInXslt20.
aspx

--
Vladimir Nesterovsky
http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com

-------- Original Message --------
> From: "sudheshna iyer" <sudheshnaiyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 5:40 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  Random selection
> 
> Here is the more clear explanation of what I am looking for:
> 
> I need to select an image from pool of images randomly and produce <img 
src> element of html.
> 
> This xsl should read the image tags from xml and based on the number of 
image tag nodes in the xml, it
> should display random image by producing <img src> element of html.
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, sudheshna iyer <sudheshnaiyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: sudheshna iyer <sudheshnaiyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject:  Random selection
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 9:48 AM
> > I need to select an image from pool of images randomly and
> > produce <img src> element of html.
> > 
> > How can achieve this? Can I get some code help?
> > 
> > Thank you in advance for your help.