"> To check if element name is unique you can just count elements with such
name:
> <xsl:if test="count(/root/*[local-name()=$name])>1">

or

     not(/root/*[local-name()=$name][2])


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Cheers,

Dimitre Novatchev.
http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL





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