<xsl:variable name="LastName">
   <xsl:value-of select="XYZ"/>
</xsl:variable>

The above code sets the variable $LastName to the value of the element called <XYZ>. That's probably not what you are trying to do. If you want it to be the string "XYZ" then enclose it in single quotes, e.g. select="'XYZ'".

Its still not clear what your input XML looks like.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

XML (Input File) :

<Interfaces>
    <DATA>
        <Status>ValidCustomer</Status>
        <Name>ABC</Name>
        <LastName>XYZ</LastName>
        <MessageName>FeeEnquiryRQ</MessageName>
    </DATA>
</Interfaces>



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XSL file :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:template match="DATA">
    <xsl:variable name="Append">
        <xsl:value-of select="'~'"/>
         </xsl:variable>
        <xsl:variable name="Status">
        <xsl:value-of select="Status"/>
        </xsl:variable>
        <xsl:variable name="Name">
        <xsl:value-of select="Name"/>
    </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="LastName">
        <xsl:value-of select="LastName"/>
    </xsl:variable>

    <xsl:element name="INFORMATION">
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="[MessageName='Verify']">
                <xsl:call-template name="Inquiry"></xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="[MessageName='Verify1']">
               <xsl:call-template name="Inquiry1"></xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template name="Inquiry">
        <xsl:value-of select="$Status"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Append"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Name"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Append"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$LastName"/>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template name="Inquiry1">
        <xsl:value-of select="$Status"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Append"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Name"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$Append"/>
        <xsl:value-of select="$LastName"/>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="text()"/>
</xsl:stylesheet>


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Required OutPut [but i m not getting this]


    <INFORMATION>ValidCustomer~ABC~XYZ</INFORMATION>

Variables declared within one template aren't accessible in another template - they are like local variables declared within a function or method in C or Java. If you want to pass values from one template to another, you need to pass them as parameters. You pass the parameter using <xsl:with-param> in the calling template, with a matching xsl:param in the called template to declare the parameter and receive the value.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

:)

:)

 Hi Michael Kay

  Thanks it is Working now .:)

 Hi Michael Kay
 is there any way to declare variable globally so that it can access by all the template in same XSL.

Global variables are just variables declared at the top level. In your example $Append and $Status ARE global variables.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Hi samjudson,

So I can us $Append and $Status without using <xsl:with-param> in the templet. below right

Try it and see.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/