<root>
  <record>
     <namedcell name="ordernr"/>
     <data>1</data>
  </record>
  <record>
     <namedcell name="client"/>
     <data>client x</data>
  </record>
  <record>
     <namedcell name="address"/>
     <data>xmlstreet 15</data>
  </record>
  <record>
     <namedcell name="country">

     <data>Transformatia</data>
  </record>
</root>

how can i select the 2 record of client and address and assign them to a variable. I don't need the first and last record (ordernr and country ) in this nodeset.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="html" encoding="UTF-8"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <output>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </output>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="root">
    <!--
Select all children of "root" that have a child
element "namedcell".  Furthermore, that element must
have an attribute called "name" and the value of
the attribute must be either "client" or "address".
    -->
    <xsl:variable name="short-list" select="child::*[namedcell/@name='client'
                                            or
                                            namedcell/@name='address']"/>
    <xsl:copy-of select="$short-list"/>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

<output>
  <record>
    <namedcell name="client" />
    <data>client x</data>
  </record>
  <record>
    <namedcell name="address" />
    <data>xmlstreet 15</data>
  </record>
</output>

Greg Faron
Integre Technical Publishing Co.