I'll look into this when I get back to my desk next week.

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


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Matheson [mailto:jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 August 2005 16:35
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xsl:number on attribute nodes..
> 
> Can anyone tell me the correct action to take when xsl:number is  
> executed and the current node is an attribute?
> 
> I have a quick example:
> 
> <?xml version='1.0'?>
> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"  
> version="1.0">
>    <xsl:template match="/">
>      <xsl:apply-templates select="//@* | //*"/>
>    </xsl:template>
> 
>    <xsl:template match="@* | *">
>      <xsl:number count="@* | *"/>
>    </xsl:template>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> Saxon 6.5.4 gives me the following error:
> Error at xsl:number on line 8 of file:test.xsl:
>    Attribute nodes cannot be numbered
> Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported
> 
> Xalan 2.7 produces the following output:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>11
> 
> Is this an "up-to-the-implementer" case?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> -Jack