RE: [xsl] Dynamic XPath

["Martinez, Brian" <brian.martinez@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Philip Fitzsimons [mailto:pfitzsimons@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 8:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [xsl] Dynamic XPath
> 
> Opps
>  <xsl:variable name="dynamicPath"
>                       select="'/document/section/keep/pear'" />
> i.e. $dynamicPath is a string containing '/document/section/keep/pear'

That won't work, and in fact you'll get an error from the processor, for now
you've created the literal string '/document/section/keep/pear', which will
not evaluate to a node-set when used in subsequent expressions.

cheers,
b.

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