Quick answer :)

key('name_key', $name)[1]

best,
-Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Juan Estevan
> Madrigal
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 1:18 PM
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Re: quick [but difficult] Xpath Question
> 
> 
> Hello:
> 
> I need an XPath statement which will return the first node found in the
> document, where the element's local-name() = 'XX'. The node can be anywhere
> in the source tree. I've tried all sorts of different statements but they
> either result too many records [ I just need the fist "hit"] or no records
> at all.
> 
> I only need the first node, not all the nodes. and the name of the element
> is only known at runtime. This Xpath will be inside an XSLT file which acts
> as a "find command", displaying the first node found in the document.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
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