RE: [xsl] Global variable

["Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have a stylesheet with several templates in it. In every template I 
> need the same variable, so I think the best is to make it 
> global! But I 
> have one problem with it: I do not know the value of the 
> variable at the 
> beginning of the stylesheet. I get it in my first template. 
> So in this 
> template I have a local variable and I need to make it global.
> 
> Is this possible?

As far as I'm aware, everything that can be calculated in the first template
can equally be calculated in a global variable.

Could you show us the calculation?

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