I am trying to match "the first of every unique Rec/activity"

On Nov 8, 2007 1:30 PM,  <cknell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Both <Rec> elements are identical. In what sense are you using "unique"?
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> Charles Knell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:     Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent:     Thu, 8 Nov 2007 13:21:33 -0500
> To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  Re:  Template matching preceding-sibling.
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> Oh. I think I see what you mean.
>
> I'm basically just trying to match unique Rec/activity's.
>
> You follow? How could I select these?
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> On Nov 8, 2007 1:16 PM, Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I'm sorry, but isn't the first <Rec> in my XML the preceding-sibling
> > of the second <Rec> ?
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> >
> > On Nov 8, 2007 1:13 PM,  <cknell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Your template matches both <Rec> elements, so you get two instances of "Ello xslers." in your output.
> > >
> > > Your template matches and <Rec> element with an <activity> child element that doesn't have preceding-sibling <Rec>. Since both <Rec> elements have <activity> child elements, and since none of the <activity> elements has a preceding-sibling of ANY kind, you are matching both <Rec>s.
> > > --
> > > Charles Knell
> > > cknell@xxxxxxxxxx - email
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:     Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent:     Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:59:01 -0500
> > > To:       xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject:   Template matching preceding-sibling.
> > >
> > > I'm missing something fundamental, what is it?
> > >
> > > <xsl:template match="Rec[activity != preceding-sibling::Rec/activity
> > > or not(preceding-sibling::Rec)]">
> > >   Ello xslers.
> > > </xsl:template>
> > >
> > > <xml>
> > >    <Rec>
> > >      <activity>hi</activity>
> > >    </Rec>
> > >    <Rec>
> > >       <activity>hi</activity>
> > >    </Rec>
> > > </xml>
> > >
> > > ----
> > >
> > > Above should only print anything once, but I'm getting it each time.
> > > What am I not getting?
> > >
> > > -Steve