Hi,
         I am quite novice so XSLT. My scenario is as below.

i am passing xml string parameter to xslt from csharp.In xslt i am setting this xml string in variable( Which makes it RTF i guess).Now i am converting it to node-set using msxsl:node-set($myXMlStringVar).

Now how do i get inner element of my source xml ? here is snap of code

source xml (as parameter from csharp)

<RecommendedGreatest><FirstGreatest><X>LG:Assumpti on</X></FirstGreatest><SecondGreatest><Y>LG:Assumption</Y></SecondGreatest><ThirdGreatest><Z>LG:Assumption</Z></ThirdGreatest></RecommendedGreatest>


XSLT

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<xsl:variable name="RecommendedGreatest" select="jasper:GetCategoryOpportunity(3)" /> -->GetCategoryOpportunity is csharp function return xml string

<xsl:variable name="RecommendedNodeSet" select="msxsl:node-set($RecommendedGreatest)" />

How do i get "X" subelement value of "FirstGreatest" Element ?

Thanks
Maulik

I don't think passing in a string with XML and calling msxsl:node-set on that string gives you a node-set of the nodes in the string.
If you want a node-set then have your function return an XPathNodeIterator, see the documentation at <URL:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dfktf882(VS.80).aspx> which shows the XSLT/XPath <--> .NET mapping of types.

You need to parse the string containing the XML and turn it into a tree of nodes. This is best done from your C# code, by invoking the XML parser. You should then pass the resulting XmlDocument node to the transformation. It's then already a nodeset (a set containing one node) so you don't need to invoke any extension functions.

Conversion of lexical XML to a tree (that is, parsing) never happens automatically, it only happens when you ask for it.

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

Note that XPathDocument/XPathNavigator suffices for all XPath/XSLT operations, XmlDocument is an unnecessary overhead.

Thanks for quick reply. Now i am passing xpathdocument object to xslt ...how do i get inner node. do i need to create
script to navigate it ??

Once the node is available within your stylesheet, say as the value of $param, you can navigate within the tree using XPath expressions, for example $param//a/b[xxx='25']

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

Thanks so much Michael i got result the way i wanted.great help..Thanks to all of you...

regards