It might help if you gave us a look at the exact pattern to which
XMLSpy was objecting.
Sorry, I thought the problem was pretty generic
and didn't want to muddy things by being too
specific. Ie, is it legal to use a variable in an
XPATH?
Here's the code it's complaining about (apologies
for the line wrapping):
<xsl:template name="delete-section"
match="/main/document/item[property[(name='report')
and (value=$sectionToDelete)]]">
</xsl:template>
It's not legal in XSLT 1.0 to use a variable reference in a pattern.
You confuse the issue by asking about "an XPATH" - if you use the wrong
terminology, you are likely to get the wrong answers.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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