RE: How can I declare node sets explicitly?

["Nick-Lawson.org" <nick at nick-lawson dot org>]

> I would like to specify a node set explicity and declare it in a
> variable. For the moment, I am doing something like,
> 
> <xsl:apply-templates="(field1)|(field2)|(field3)"/>
> 
> but in order to provide easier extensibility, I would like to declare
> this elsewhere. However, as you pointed out,
> 
> <xsl:variable name="local_field">
>     (field1)|(field2)|field3)
> </xsl:variable>
> 
> won't work because then $local_field is a string and not a node set.
>  
> Do you have any suggestion for me?
> 
> Thanks for your help and best regards,
> Matthias

Do:

  <xsl:variable name="local-field" select="field1 | field2 | field2"/>

Now $local-field IS a node-set! So you can do:

  <xsl:apply-templates select="$local-field"/>

or whatever.

Nick Lawson


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