"Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
news:%23%23DITRE$IHA.3472@T......
> 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"/>

Actually, the result I showed that I was looking for, was incorrect.  Sorry.

What I wanted the last set to look like was:

  <form xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <sectionNumber>0</sectionNumber>
    <primary>false</primary>
    <formName>1004_05</formName>                      <-------- Want it to 
look like this.
    <tagName>GR_AGE.1</tagName>
    <flags>1</flags>
    <format>4096</format>
    <value>4 Yrs.</value>
  </form>

and I realize oneof my mistakes was that I don't want "name", but "@name".

Would I change you line to:

<xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/@name"/>

>
> "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.

I will.

I only have the O'Reilly book (Learning XSLT).

Thanks,

Tom
>
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>
> Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
> http://joe.fawcett.name
>
>
>
>
> "tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
> news:eByPhqB$IHA.1036@T......
>> 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
>>