Instead of "parameter", which is short for "child::parameter", you need
"descendant::parameter", or ".//parameter" (which in this case returns the
same as "descendant::parameter").

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sven Waibel [mailto:sven.waibel@xxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 26 November 2004 10:37
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Counting in several levels
> 
> Hi,
> 
> a new problem:
> 
> XML:
> -------------------------------------------
> <case>
> 	<parameter>
> 		<status value="performed"/>
> 		<verdict value="fail"/>
> 	</parameter>
> 	<parameter>
> 		status value="performed"/>
> 		<verdict value="pass"/>
> 	</parameter>
> 	<parameter>
> 		status value="performed"/>
> 		<verdict value="pass"/>
> 	</parameter>
> 	<case>
> 		<parameter>
> 			<status value="performed"/>
> 			<verdict value="fail"/>
> 		</parameter>
> 		<parameter>
> 			status value="performed"/>
> 			<verdict value="pass"/>
> 		</parameter>
> 		<parameter>
> 			status value="performed"/>
> 			<verdict value="pass"/>
> 		</parameter>
> 	</case>
> </case>
> 
> 
> If the current node "case" is the inner node then this is working:
> 	<xsl:value-of 
> select="count(parameter[status/@value='performed' and 
> verdict/@value='pass'])" />
> But if my current node is the outer node, it's not working 
> for known reasons.
> 
> I wanna get all parameters that "performed" and "pass".
> 
> To make it more complex: I don't know how many nodes "case" 
> are in the node "case": //case/case*/parameter
> 
> Thanks again and best regards
> Sven