I'm lost. Can you show a definitive example of the XML?

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"tshad" <tshad@d...> wrote in message 
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>>>>> 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"/>
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>> I also tried:
>>
>> <xsl:value-of select="preceding::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
>>
>> and
>>
>> <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::form[primary='true']/@name"/>
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>> and the VS 2005 QuickWatch shows the result as {Dimension:[0]}.  Not sure 
>> what that means but I assume it means it found nothing.
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> ancestor::form/@name gives me 1007, as it should.  But I need to look at 
> all the forms on the same level and get the one that has @primary = 'true' 
> and use the @name of that form.
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> Is this the wrong way to get that?
>
> Seems pretty straight forward.
>
> I assume the pattern in:
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> <xsl:value-of select="ancestor::form[@primary='true']/@name"/>
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> says to look for all the ancestor "form" tags and look at the one that 
> one. I did notice that I had primary set in my program without the "@". 
> But even after changing it to the above is not working.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
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>> Tom
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>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>> That doesn't seem to work either.
>>>
>>> I changed the "choose" section of the <formName> part to:
>>>
>>>   <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 
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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
>>>>>>
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