XSL match xsl:variable element and change @select attribute

I need to copy a complete xsl-file but change the specific value of the @select attribute of a specific variable.

My pseudocode idea:

    <xsl:template match="@*|node()">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="variable[@name='Name']">
        <xsl:attribute name="select">
            <xsl:value-of select="'new value'"/>
        </xsl:attribute>
    </xsl:template>

To be perfectly clear; how do I select the variable element in a match statement?

It might be possible with [CDATA] but i prefer a more functional solution.

I am constricted to xslt 1.0.

Any ideas?

>Solution :

how do I select the variable element

Like any other element that’s in namespace, you select it by its qualified name, i.e. a name that includes a prefix bound to the element’s namespace and its local name – for example:

<xsl:template match="xsl:variable[@name='Name']/@select">
    <xsl:attribute name="select">new value</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:template>

Note that your attempt, even if it did work, would remove the name attribute.