<xsl:template match="manager">
   <xsl:value-of select="text()[1]"/>
</xsl:template>

From: "Michele Patron" <michelepatron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Problem with nodes & subnodes
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:43:29 +0000

Dear xsl programmers,

I have the following problem: my xml is

<manager>
manager1
<employee>employee1</employee>
<employee>employee2</employee>
<firm>firm</firm>
</manager>

How can I select just the text inside the main node "manager" (which is "manager1"), without selecting employee & firm nodes?
At the moment


<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="text" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<xsl:apply-templates select="manager"/>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="manager">
<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Clearly return me the whole text....

manager1
employee1
employee2
firm

What I want to get is just

manager1