tshad wrote:
> "Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message 
> news:%23AP5tGbFKHA.3816@T......
>> tshad wrote:
>>> Here is part of my xml:
>>>
>>>       <FORMPHOTOS>
>>>         <PHOTO NUM="1">
>>>           <FILENAME>09May001.jpg</FILENAME>
>>>           <FILETYPE>JPEG</FILETYPE>
>>>         </PHOTO>
>>>         <PHOTO NUM="2">
>>>           <FILENAME>09005.jpg</FILENAME>
>>>           <FILETYPE>JPEG</FILETYPE>
>>>         </PHOTO>
>>>         <PHOTO NUM="3">
>>>           <FILENAME>09002.jpg</FILENAME>
>>>           <FILETYPE>JPEG</FILETYPE>
>>>         </PHOTO>
>>>       </FORMPHOTOS>
>>>
>>> In my xsl sheet I am doing:
>>>
>>>  <xsl:template match="FORMPHOTOS/PHOTO">
>>>       <xsl:value-of select="../PHOTO/@NUM"/>
>>
>>> In my source tag I am actually doing a little more but I am trying to get 
>>> the value of @NUM from the immediately preceding node.
>>         <xsl:value-of select="preceding-sibling::PHOTO[1]/@NUM"/>
> 
> Almost worked, but not quite.
> 
> It seems to go back 2.
> 
> The results I got for my xml were:
> 
> 09May001.jpg    ->    blank
> 09005.jpg          ->   1
> 09002.jpg         ->   2

Then your subject of "previous node" confused me.
If you simply want to output the 'NUM' attribute of the context node 
then within
   <xsl:template match="FORMPHOTOS/PHOTO">
you simply need
      <xsl:value-of select="@NUM"/>

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