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From: Martin Honnen <mahotrash@-----.-->
To: NULL
Date: 3/1/2006 6:11:00 PM


andy.dreistadt@g... wrote:


> I realize that the test in the xsl above is comparing the value of the
> element and whenever the value of the current node is equal to the
> value of B[1] the test passes and outputs "first B". In reality
> however, I need to only identify the actual first child 

Well you can simply check the position e.g.
   <xsl:if test="position() = 1">
at least as long as you process all B elements in one step. Of course if 
you don't have any other templates than
   <xsl:template match="B">
then position will be relative to all child nodes and not all B 
siblings. So a template
   <xsl:template match="A">
     <xsl:apply-templates select="B" />
   </xsl:template>
might be necessary for the above suggestion.

Or you can do e.g.
   <xsl:if test="generate-id() = generate-id(../B[1])">
to compare node identity and not node value.

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	Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
	http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

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