"tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
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> "tshad" <tfs@d...> wrote in message 
> news:eFEpEnI$IHA.3696@T......
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>> "Joe Fawcett" <joefawcett@n...> wrote in message 
>> news:%23%23DITRE$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:
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>> <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/@name"/>

I also tried:

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

and

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

and the VS 2005 QuickWatch shows the result as {Dimension:[0]}.  Not sure 
what that means but I assume it means it found nothing.

Tom

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>>>
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> That doesn't seem to work either.
>
> I changed the "choose" section of the <formName> part to:
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>   <formName>
>    <xsl:choose>
>     <xsl:when test="ancestor::form/@name = '1007'">
>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
>     </xsl:when>
>     <xsl:otherwise>
>      <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form/@name"/>
>     </xsl:otherwise>
>    </xsl:choose>
>   </formName>
>
> but I am still getting
>
>    <formName></formName>
>
> Tom
>>> "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
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
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