I would suggest using script for this. If this is not an option I can think 
of something else, but this quite a puzzle.

"Ben Schumacher" <bschumacher@i...> wrote in message 
news:uymEmlYSEHA.1372@T......
> Thanks again for all the help.  If you don't mind, I would like to ask
> another question ...
>
> I'm having trouble with two of the same 'ProductsItem' nodes being passed 
> in
> the parameter group of two separate template calls.  For example, lets say
> we set our count variable to 3.  Looking at the same sample XML below, the
> XSL is written to pass any 'ProductsItem' nodes in the ("Bar") parameter
> where the Identifier/Type='ECCN Nbr' or Identifier/Type='PO Nbr'.  Because
> the first 'ProductsItem' node contains only a count of 2 child 
> 'Identifier'
> nodes that meet this criteria, the second 'ProductsItem' node is also 
> passed
> in the parameter of the first call-template instruction because it has an
> Identifier node with a Type='ECCN Nbr' or Type='PO Nbr' in a position less
> than 3.  Now I have two 'ProductsItem' nodes being passed in the parameter
> of my first template call with a total of 4 child 'Identifier' nodes that
> meet my criteria.  This is too many.  I only want three.  If when passing 
> an
> additional 'ProductsItem' node exceeds the count of 3 maximum 'Identifier'
> nodes per template call, I want to omit that additional 'ProductsItem' 
> node
> until the next call-template is executed.  In the case described above, I
> would have only wanted the first 'ProductsItem' node to be passed in the
> parameter because including the second 'ProductsItem' node will pass too
> many 'Identifier' nodes.
>
> Thanks again in advance for all of your help ...  I really appreciate your
> time!
>
> Ben
>
>
> "Yan Leshinsky" <yanl@o...> wrote in message
> news:OGjVSXDSEHA.2876@T......
>> If you want X to differ from execution to execution you shoud define it 
>> as
> a
>> parameter inside of stylesheet:
>> <xsl:param name="count" select="3"/>
>> 3 would be a default value of it.
>> Code is almost the same:
>> <xsl:for-each
>> select="/Products/ProductsItem/Identifiers/Identifier[position() mod
> $count
>> = 1]">
>>     <xsl:call-template name="Foo">
>>         <xsl:with-param name="Bar" 
>> select="(.|following::Identifier[$count
>>
>> position()])/../.."/>
>>     </xsl:call-template>
>> </xsl:for-each>
>>
>> If you want to have additional conditions you should put these additional
>> predicates after Identifier:
>> <xsl:for-each
>> select=/Products/ProductsItem/Identifiers/Identifier[Type='ECCN Nbr' or
>> Type='PO Nbr'][position() mod $count = 1]">
>>     <xsl:call-template name="Foo">
>>         <xsl:with-param name="Bar"
>> select="(.|following::Identifier[Type='ECCN Nbr' or Type='PO Nbr'][$count
>>
>> position()])/../.."/>
>>     </xsl:call-template>
>> </xsl:for-each>
>>
>> "Ben Schumacher" <bschumacher@i...> wrote in message
>> news:OtMX3FCSEHA.2000@T......
>> > Thanks for the reply!  If you don't mind, I have another question ...
>> >
>> > Here is the exact XML structure that I am working with ...
>> >
>> > <Products>
>> >    <ProductsItem>
>> >        <Product>
>> >            <PacketData>
>> >                <Product>
>> >                    <ProductNbr>1</ProductNbr>
>> >                    <Description>1 Description</Description>
>> >                </Product>
>> >            </PacketData>
>> >        </Product>
>> >        <Identifiers>
>> >            <PacketData>
>> >                <Identifiers>
>> >                    <Identifier>
>> >                        <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >                        <Value>ECCN-1</Value>
>> >                    </Identifier>
>> >                    <Identifier>
>> >                        <Type>PO Nbr</Type>
>> >                        <Value>PO-1</Value>
>> >                    </Identifier>
>> >                    <Identifier>
>> >                        <Type>SE Nbr</Type>
>> >                        <Value>SE-1</Value>
>> >                    </Identifier>
>> >                </Identifiers>
>> >            </PacketData>
>> >        </Identifiers>
>> >    </ProductsItem>
>> >    <ProductsItem>
>> >        <Product>
>> >            <PacketData>
>> >                <Product>
>> >                    <ProductNbr>2</ProductNbr>
>> >                    <Description>2 Description</Description>
>> >                </Product>
>> >            </PacketData>
>> >        </Product>
>> >        <Identifiers>
>> >            <PacketData>
>> >                <Identifiers>
>> >                    <Identifier>
>> >                        <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >                        <Value>ECCN-2</Value>
>> >                    </Identifier>
>> >                    <Identifier>
>> >                        <Type>PO Nbr</Type>
>> >                        <Value>PO-2</Value>
>> >                    </Identifier>
>> >                </Identifiers>
>> >            </PacketData>
>> >        </Identifiers>
>> >    </ProductsItem>
>> > </Products>
>> >
>> > Because this is only a snippet of the actual XML structure, please keep
> in
>> > mind that there can be many more repeating 'ProductsItem' nodes along
> with
>> > many more repeating child 'Identifier' nodes under each 'ProductsItem'
>> > node.
>> >
>> > I'm wodering how I can call a template that passes a group of
>> > 'ProductsItem'
>> > nodes as a parameter.  The group of 'ProductsItem' nodes being passed 
>> > as
> a
>> > parameter cannot have a count of child 'Identifier' nodes exceeding X.
>> > For
>> > example, if the count that cannot be exceed is equal to 3, I want the
>> > first
>> > template call to pass the first 'ProductsItem' node as the parameter
> group
>> > (this is because the first 'ProductsItem' node has 3 child 'Identifier'
>> > nodes.  Because I cannot exceed a maximum 3 Identifier nodes per each
>> > call-template instruction, I would still only want to pass the first
>> > 'ProductsItem' node if the count of its child 'Identifier' nodes was
> only
>> > 2.
>> > Passing both 'ProductsItem' nodes would exceed a maximum count of 3
>> > Identifiers per call-template instruction.).  Then, on the second
> template
>> > call the parameter would contain the second 'ProductsItem' node with 
>> > two
>> > remaining child 'Identifier' nodes.  Another example would be to set 
>> > the
>> > maximum number of 'Identifier' nodes per template call to say 10.  In
> this
>> > case, my first and only template call would pass both 'ProductsItem'
> node
>> > becuase the combined count of the 'Identifier' nodes is only 5.
>> >
>> > I guess what I'm having trouble using the code snippet you provided
> above
>> > because I don't know how to pass the first few 'ProductsItem' nodes in
> one
>> > template call.  Then, pick up where that last template call left off
>> > passing
>> > the next few 'ProductsItem' nodes as a parameter.  Also, it would be
> nice
>> > to
>> > qualify the count of 'Identifier' nodes by their corresponding child
>> > 'Type'
>> > node value.  For example, I only want to include in my count
>> > Identifier[Type='ECCN Nbr' or Type='PO Nbr'].
>> >
>> > Thanks so much in advance for any help you can give me ...  I'm
> definetly
>> > having some trouble here.
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Yan Leshinsky" <yanl@o...> wrote in message
>> > news:uy%23FlMaREHA.132@T......
>> >> <xsl:for-each
>> >> select="/Products/ProductsItem/Identifiers/Identifier[position() mod 3
> =
>> >> 1]">
>> >>     <xsl:call-template name="Foo">
>> >>         <xsl:with-param name="Bar" select="(.|following::Identifier[3 
>> >>  >
>> >> position()])/../.."/>
>> >>     </xsl:call-template>
>> >> </xsl:for-each>
>> >>
>> >> "Ben Schumacher" <bschumacher@i...> wrote in message
>> >> news:umi2jwOREHA.3348@T......
>> >> > Looking at the XML below ...
>> >> >
>> >> > <Products>
>> >> >    <ProductsItem>
>> >> >        <Identifiers>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>12345</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>54321</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >        </Identifiers>
>> >> >    </ProductsItem>
>> >> >    <ProductsItem>
>> >> >        <Identifiers>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>13245</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >        </Identifiers>
>> >> >    </ProductsItem>
>> >> >    <ProductsItem>
>> >> >        <Identifiers>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>13245</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>14235</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >            <Identifier>
>> >> >                <Type>ECCN Nbr</Type>
>> >> >                <Value>15234</Value>
>> >> >            </Identifier>
>> >> >        </Identifiers>
>> >> >    </ProductsItem>
>> >> > </Products>
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm trying to call a template and pass a parameter equal to a group
> of
>> >> > ProductsItem nodes where the count of the combined Identifier child
>> > nodes
>> >> > under each ProductsItem node exceeds no more than a count of three.
>> >> > For
>> >> > example, the first matching template call would contain a parameter
>> >> > holding
>> >> > the first two ProductsItem nodes because the combined count of the
>> >> > Identifier nodes under these two ProductsItem nodes equals three.
> The
>> >> > next
>> >> > call would contain the third positioned (and only the third
> positioned)
>> >> > ProductsItem node because that ProductsItem node also has a count of
>> > three
>> >> > child Identifier nodes.  Hope this makes sense ...  Any help is
> greatly
>> >> > appreciated!
>> >> >
>> >> > Ben
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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