Your problem screams "It's the classpath stupid!" to me. It looks as if the xalan and/or xpath libraries you are using at the command line and from within cocoon are out of synch.
P.S. No I'm not calling you stupid! -- Jacob L E Blain Christen Entheal LLC --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>