Ralph,
At 10:47 AM 8/24/2004, you wrote:
I think what I can do is to declare the variables within the imported
template and thus get my abbreviation:
<xsl:template>
<xsl:for-each select="baseDboFileReference">
<xsl:call-template name="calledOne" />
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template name="calledOne">
<xsl:variable name="runOutOfIdeas" select="FileRefEval" />
[siblings]
</xsl:template>
Yes, but this could as well be:
<xsl:template match=" ">
<xsl:apply-templates select="baseDboFileReference"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="baseDboFileReference">
<xsl:variable name="runOutOfIdeas" select="FileRefEval" />
[siblings]
</xsl:template>
In other situations (in a situation where you might actually want to call a
named template, not just apply templates), you might want to pass the value
in from the calling template. In this case you'd use a parameter, not a
variable.
Cheers,
Wendell
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