--- nfo/perl/scripts/xupdate/t/08_xupdate_variables.xml	2003/05/07 04:08:49	1.1
+++ nfo/perl/scripts/xupdate/t/08_xupdate_variables.xml	2003/05/07 13:23:45	1.2
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?> 
 
-<!-- from http://www.xmldb.org/xupdate/xupdate-wd.html#N3c9217 -->
+<!-- modified version of http://www.xmldb.org/xupdate/xupdate-wd.html#N3c9217 -->
 
 <xupdate:modifications version="1.0" xmlns:xupdate="http://www.xmldb.org/xupdate"> 
 
-  <!-- <xupdate:variable name="town" select="/addresses/address[0]/town"/> -->
+  <!-- that's from the spec -->
+  <!-- <xupdate:variable name="town" select="/addresses/address[0]/town"/> -->
+  
+  <!-- testing -->
   <!-- <xupdate:variable name="town" select="/addresses[2]/address[4]/town[2]" /> -->
-  <xupdate:variable name="town" select="abcdef" />
+  <!-- <xupdate:variable name="town" select="abcdef" /> -->
+  
+  <!-- this works -->
+  <xupdate:variable name="town" select="/addresses/address[1]/town" />
+  
+  <!-- this should also - though not required (feature) -->
+  <!-- <xupdate:variable name="town">Hello World!</xupdate:variable> -->
 
   <xupdate:append select="/addresses"> 
    <xupdate:element name="address"> 
-     <xupdate:value-of select="{$town}"/> 
+     <xupdate:value-of select="$town"/> 
    </xupdate:element> 
   </xupdate:append>