Ok,  here's my search query

<xsl:variable name="currentData" select="udt:Data[contains(*[name()=$searchColumns][1],$search)]" />

The field being searched is a text field but it contains numbers.  Examples of the data are 275,250,225,200,25,9.9,5,4,3.5

When I search, I was an exact match.  If I enter 25 I get 250,225 and 25.  I want to get only 25 back.  It seems to me that the word "contains" would indicate that the search places wild cards before and after.  Can anyone tell me how to get only exact matches?

Thank you.

Tom

Once again, outstanding help.  You guys are on the ball.

I had no problem getting the first version to work.  I was having some sort of syntax issue with your second idea.  I tried:

<xsl:variable name="currentData" select="udt:Data[HP=$search]" />

with HP being the name of my column.  I got an error on that line.  What might be wrong with that syntax?