Why this should not work -
   <xsl:template match="entry">
    <xsl:value-of select="../../colspec[position()]/@colname"/>
   </xsl:template>


colspec[2] means colspec[position()=2] and so selects the second colspec

colspec[position()] means colspec[position()=position()]  which is the
same as colspec as the predicate is always true.

David

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