Thanks Michael, it worked!

> 
> <table>
>   <xsl:for-each select="field[position() mod $N = 1]">
>     <tr>
>       <xsl:for-each select=".|following-sibling::*[position() &lt; $N]">
>         <td><xsl:value-of select="."/></td>
>       </
>     </
>   </
> </
> 
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/ 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: imap@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:imap@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: 09 December 2007 15:29
> > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:  MxN table display
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > If data is in the following format:
> > 
> > <table numCols='5'>
> >   <field name='name1'>value1</field>
> >   <field name='name2'>value2</field>
> >                .
> >                .
> >   <field name='namen'>valuen</field>
> > </table>
> > 
> > Assuming that number of field elements are greater than 
> > 'numCols', in xslt 1.0, is it possible to come up with style 
> > sheet such that the elements in an html table can display the 
> > field data in an MxN table?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > __
> > Seva