When you say the name do you mean the formName element, name doesn't make 
sense as the element name is form which you already know?
<xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/formName"/>

"I was just guessing on this  statement and not sure how to get it to work"
You're not going to get far in XSLT like this, get a good reference such as 
Michael Kay's latest tome from Wrox, XSLT 4th Edition.

-- 

Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name




"tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
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> I can't seem to get this pattern to work:
>
> I have stripped down my files for testing:
>
> In a nutshell, what I am trying to do is this:
>
>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>      <xsl:value-of select="name[ancestor::form/primary='true']"/>
>     </xsl:when>
>
> If the form/@name = '1007', I want to go look at the other form tags to 
> find the one that has an attribute primary='true' and use that name for my 
> form name.  But I am getting a blank entry.  I was just guessing on this 
> statement and not sure how to get it to work:
>
> My xslt file:
> *****************************************************
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
>                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
> <xsl:template match="/*">
>  <xsl:copy>
>   <xsl:apply-templates select="appraisal/data/form/tag | 
> appraisal/data/form/section/tag">
>    <xsl:sort select="ancestor::form/@primary" order="descending"/>
>    <xsl:sort select="ancestor::section/@number" order="ascending" 
> data-type="number"/>
>   </xsl:apply-templates>
>  </xsl:copy>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="tag">
>  <form>
>   <sectionNumber>
>    <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::section/@number"/>
>   </sectionNumber>
>   <primary>
>    <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@primary"/>
>   </primary>
>   <formName>
>    <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>      <xsl:value-of select="name[ancestor::form/primary='true']"/> 
> <---------
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@name"/>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
>   </formName>
>   <tagName>
>    <xsl:value-of select="@name"/>
>   </tagName>
>   <flags>
>    <xsl:if test="not(@flags)">
>     <xsl:attribute name="xsi:nil">true</xsl:attribute>
>    </xsl:if>
>    <xsl:value-of select="@flags"/>
>   </flags>
>   <format>
>    <xsl:if test="not(@format)">
>     <xsl:attribute name="xsi:nil">true</xsl:attribute>
>    </xsl:if>
>    <xsl:value-of select="@format"/>
>   </format>
>   <value>
>    <xsl:value-of select="text()"/>
>   </value>
>  </form>
>  <xsl:apply-templates select="addendum[heading | body]"/>
> </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> ******************************************************
>
> My xml file:
> ******************************************************
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Report>
>  <appraisal>
>    <data>
>      <form name="1007" primary="false">
>        <section type="subject" number="0">
>          <tag name="GR_AGE.1" flags="1" format="4096">4 Yrs.</tag>
>        </section>
>      </form>
>      <form name="reffee" primary="false">
>          <tag name="FFHD_NFIP_COMMUNITY_NUMBER.1" flags="0" 
> format="0">040040</tag>
>      </form>
>      <form name="1004_05" primary="true">
>        <section type="subject" number="0">
>          <tag name="PROP_PHYS_DEFICIENCIES_DESC.1" flags="4" 
> format="4096">None apparent </tag>
>        </section>
>      </form>
>    </data>
>  </appraisal>
> </Report>
> ********************************************************
>
> My result:
> ******************************************************
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <Report>
>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
>    <primary>true</primary>
>    <formName>1004_05</formName>
>    <tagName>PROP_PHYS_DEFICIENCIES_DESC.1</tagName>
>    <flags>4</flags>
>    <format>4096</format>
>    <value>None apparent </value>
>  </form>
>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>    <sectionNumber></sectionNumber>
>    <primary>false</primary>
>    <formName>reffee</formName>
>    <tagName>FFHD_NFIP_COMMUNITY_NUMBER.1</tagName>
>    <flags>0</flags>
>    <format>0</format>
>    <value>040040</value>
>  </form>
>  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
>    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
>    <primary>false</primary>
>    <formName></formName>                      <-------- Want this to be 
> 1004_05
>    <tagName>GR_AGE.1</tagName>
>    <flags>1</flags>
>    <format>4096</format>
>    <value>4 Yrs.</value>
>  </form>
> </Report>
> *******************************************************
>
> Everything else works fine.
>
> What should that line be?  Do I need to do another match and template?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>