Re: [xsl] Store node into variable

Just use

<xsl:variable name="date" select="$element/date"/>

The way you are doing it, you are creating a temporary document to hold a copy 
of the date element. The variable is a document node, and document nodes have 
no name.


> I would need the $date to be the same node as $date2 (I want to use a 
> "xsl:choose" in the $date variable).
Either use XPath if() instead:

<xsl:variable name="date" select="if (X) then $element/date else 
$something.else"/>

Or use xsl:sequence and an @as attribute

<xsl:variable name="date" as="element(date)"> 
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="X">
     <xsl;sequence select="$element/date"/>
   </xsl:when>
   ....
</xsl:variable>


Michael Kay
Saxonica
mike(_at_)saxonica(_dot_)com
+44 (0) 118 946 5893


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