"tshad" <tfs@d...> wrote in message 
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> "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"/>
>

That looks right.

>>
>> "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).

That should be fine, just take a look at predicates in XPath.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom

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