OK, I can see where Muenchain  Grouping would probably do what I 
need....however I have spend over 48 hours trying use it to do what I need 
and all I have is a flat head and an inferiority complex.  
Is there not a more striait forward way to accomplish this?
Maybe using <xsl:script lang=javascript   I will also want to idntify every 
other record for formatting.  Unless I can find a method other than Meuchain 
Grouping I may spend the rest of my short life trying to get this to work.

"Dimitre Novatchev" wrote:

> Search for "grouping methods in XSLT" or for "Muenchian grouping"
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dimitre Novatchev
> 
> 
> "kermit" <kermit@d...> wrote in message 
> news:620935FC-3A06-4980-92B4-E6E5B5D973D9@m......
> >I have a XML structure like:
> > - - - -
> > <EVENTS>
> >     <EVENT>
> >            <EYEAR>2007</EYEAR>
> >            <ENAME>EVENT One</ENAME>
> >     </EVENT>
> >     <EVENT>
> >            <EYEAR>2008</EYEAR>
> >            <ENAME>EVENT Two</ENAME>
> >     </EVENT>
> >
> > </EVENTS>
> > - - - -
> > Then I have a XSL Template with a  for each loop.  Before the for each 
> > loop
> > I define
> > a parameter
> >
> > <xsl:param name="EventYearLast">1999</xsl:param>
> >
> >
> > <xsl:for-each select="./EVENTS/EVENT">
> >
> >       I want to do some conditional formatting here based on if the 
> > <EYEAR>
> > value
> >       is different from the previoius <EYEAR> value.
> >       something like:
> >
> >              <xsl:if test="EVENTYEAR != $EventYearLast">
> >       <tr>
> >                        <td valign="top" colspan="2">
> >                        <p align="center"><b<u>
> >                        <xsl:value-of select="EVENTYEAR"/>
> > EVENTS</u></b><br/>
> >          </p>
> >                           </td>
> >        </tr>
> > </xsl:if>
> >
> >           <xsl:param name="EventYearLast"><xsl:value-of
> > select="EVENTYEAR"/></xsl:param>
> >
> > </xsl:for-each>
> >
> > The above does not work because it will not allow the <xsl:param inside 
> > the
> > xsl:for-each  loop
> >
> > HOW DO IT DO THIS???   I've tried several things to no avail.  There has 
> > got
> > to be a way.   ????
> >
> > Thank you ahead of time!! 
> 
> 
>