Re: [xsl] using parameters in a select (in the invoice example)

["Christopher R. Maden" <crism at maden dot org>]

At 13:09 24-04-2001, Ray Allis wrote:
>Is THAT why this nifty example doesn't work?
>
><!-- invoice.xsl, v1.0
>Written by Christopher R. Maden, Lexica LLC
>crism@lexica.net -->

(Now crism@maden.org... Lexica delenda est.)

><!-- Get the end date of the last period. -->
><xsl:variable name="temp-date"
>select="/billable/period[last()]/@end"/>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>1000 analogy /export/home/ray/tomcat/logs:
>
>XSL Error: pattern = '$temp-date'
>VariableReference given for variable out of context or without 
>definition!  Name = temp-date, source tree node: #document
>XSL Error: pattern = '/billable/period[@end=$period-end-date]'
>Could not get variable named period-end-date
>XSL Error: pattern = '$period/@start'
>Could not get variable named period
>XSL Error: pattern = '$period-start-date'
>Could not get variable named period-start-date
>XSL Error: SAX Exception

What XSLT engine are you using?  Please send me, off-list, a source 
document and invocation that demonstrates this problem; the transformation 
sheet works with SAXON and XT, at least.

-Chris
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