Joe sorry for the late response.
As i said i had an apply-templates like below
<xsl:template match="lv:ListViewRow/lv:RowValues">

<xsl:param name="fields"/>

<!-- -->

<tr>

<xsl:variable name="thisRowValues" select="." />


<xsl:apply-templates select="$fields/lv:ListViewField[@Hidden = 'false']" 
mode="renderRow">


<xsl:with-param name="rowValues" select="."/>

<xsl:with-param name="rowid" select="../@Id"/>


</xsl:apply-templates>

</tr>

</xsl:template>

adding the

<xsl:with-param name="rowid" select="../@Id"/> you suggested worked like a 
charm.
Thanks




"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
news:OliW3R0BIHA.3916@T......
> So did you try my suggestion, if it didn't work show the XSLT.
>
> -- 
>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
> http://joe.fawcett.name
>
> "rote" <naijacoder@h...> wrote in message 
> news:ugI7zRvBIHA.5980@T......
>> Sorry i forgot
>> Thanks for the reply the xml data looks like this:
>> It a very intersting xml since its produced by a webpart to show data 
>> from a sharepoint list.
>> I need the id in this tag <ListViewRow Id="4"> and i need to append it to 
>> a url  link.
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
>>
>> <ListView xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
>> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
>> ViewID="47fe3de3-5911-4dd4-a82e-9ffd56c8d54b" 
>> ListID="8ba5b6b9-838f-4361-900e-ed15c1fdf478" DisplayName="Store 
>> Communications" SiteUrl="" AbsoluteUrl="" RootUrl="" DisplayFormUrl="" 
>> NewFormUrl="Lists/Store Communications/NewForm.aspx" 
>> EditFormUrl="Lists/Store Communications/EditForm.aspx" 
>> BaseType="GenericList" RowLimit="100" 
>> xmlns="FlexListViewer.ListViewerObjectModel">
>>
>> <Fields>
>>
>> <ListViewField Name="Attachments" DisplayName="Attachments" 
>> FieldType="Attachments" Hidden="false" LinkToItem="false" />
>>
>> <ListViewField Name="LinkTitle" DisplayName="Title" FieldType="Computed" 
>> Hidden="false" LinkToItem="true" />
>>
>> <ListViewField Name="Modified" DisplayName="Modified" 
>> FieldType="DateTime" Hidden="false" LinkToItem="false" />
>>
>> <ListViewField Name="Author" DisplayName="Created By" FieldType="User" 
>> Hidden="false" LinkToItem="false" />
>>
>> </Fields>
>>
>> <Rows>
>>
>> <ListViewRow Id="4">
>>
>> <RowValues>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Attachments">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>False</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="LinkTitle">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>test1234</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Modified">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>10/5/2007</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Author">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart></ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>387</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> </RowValues>
>>
>> </ListViewRow>
>>
>> <ListViewRow Id="1">
>>
>> <RowValues>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Attachments">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>True</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="LinkTitle">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>July Store Comms</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Modified">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>10/5/2007</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValue FieldName="Author">
>>
>> <Parts>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart></ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> <ListViewRowValuePart>1073741823</ListViewRowValuePart>
>>
>> </Parts>
>>
>> </ListViewRowValue>
>>
>> </RowValues>
>>
>> </ListViewRow>
>>
>> </Rows>
>>
>> </ListView>
>>
>> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
>> news:OE%23t2unBIHA.3900@T......
>>> "rote" <naijacoder@h...> wrote in message 
>>> news:Ohyiq0lBIHA.4496@T......
>>>>I have a variable like so but 'm using an apply templates
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:apply-templates select="lv:Rows/lv:ListViewRow/lv:RowValues">
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:with-param name="fields" select="lv:Fields"/>
>>>>
>>>> </xsl:apply-templates>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to break out from the apply template and use the variable 
>>>> below
>>>> You will notice  that the apply templates above node ficnishes at 
>>>> lv:RowValues but i need /lv:ListView/lv:Rows/lv:ListViewRow
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:variable name="listViewRowID" 
>>>> select="/lv:ListView/lv:Rows/lv:ListViewRow/@Id" />
>>>>
>>>> <a href="{$DispUrl}?ID={$listViewRowID}&amp;Source={$currentPage}">
>>>>
>>>> <xsl:value-of 
>>>> select="$fieldValueParts/lv:ListViewRowValuePart[position() = 
>>>> 1]/text()"/>
>>>>
>>>> </a>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not sure what you mean by break out and don't have the full structure of 
>>> your XML to hand but you can use the parent axis to move up the tree, 
>>> the parent axis is normally shortened to two full stops (..).
>>> So if you are currently at lv:RowValues the parent is rached via .. and 
>>> the parent's Id attribute is ../@Id.
>>> As an aside 'lv:ListViewRowValuePart[position() = 1]' can be shortened 
>>> to 'lv:ListViewRowValuePart[1]', the 'position() =' is implicit for 
>>> integer predicates.
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
>>> http://joe.fawcett.name
>>>
>>>
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