> <xsl:when test="id=$lastid">

since you have sorted it you can go:
<xsl:when test="position() &lt; 6">

otherwise you could have gone

<xsl:when test="id - $lastid &lt; 5">

David


	<xsl:element name="A">
		<xsl:attribute name="href">#q<xsl:value-of
select="id"/></xsl:attribute>

That could more simply be written
<A href="#{id}">


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