Newbie Question: call-template name="$variable"

[jkraai at murl dot com]

Here's what I want to do:

<!-- For Each Recordset/Record ... -->
<xsl:template match="RECORD">
  <TR>
    <xsl:variable name="record_type" select="@TYPE"/>
    <xsl:call-template name="$record_type"/>
  </TR>
</xsl:template>

Using Xalan.

Get this error:
  XSL Error: Could not find template named: $record_type
  XSL Error: SAX Exception

Yes, templates of the right names are in the file.

Using this call-template statement:
  <xsl:call-template name="{$record_type}"/>
gives:
  XSL Error: Could not find template named: {$record_type}

Looking in the spec Sect. 6, it says that QNAMEs can be used 
in a call-template.  Variables are QNAMEs according to sect. 
2.4.

It seems that the QNAME isn't getting expanded early enough 
in the process.  Or that some variable bindings are happening 
a lot earlier than others.  Or something like that.  I can't 
find in the spec where this is disallowed.

Attempting to avoid using variables and going directly 
with a query, the example in sect. 7.6.2 Attribute Value 
Templates suggests to my hopeful psyche that I might be 
able to get away with something like this ...

Using this call-template statement:
  <xsl:call-template name="{@TYPE}"/>
gives:
  XSL Error: Could not find template named: {@TYPE}

Help!  Where am I going wrong?  Any suggestions for "the 
right" way to accomplish this w/o doing this:
  <xsl:variable name="record_type" select="@TYPE"/>
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$record_type='type1'>
      <xsl:call-template name="type1"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="$record_type='type2'>
      <xsl:call-template name="type2"/>
    </xsl:when>
    <user:elipses>...</user:elipses>
    <xsl:otherwise>
      <xsl:call-template name="type2"/>
    </xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

--jim


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