i have a param tag with a text value, example
 
 <xsl:param name="name" select="sdf"/>
I'm guessing you want to use
  <xsl:param name="name" select="'sdf'"/>
This should give you a 3-character string with the letters
s, d, and f.  Without the quotes, you are attempting to
select the child element named sdf.
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