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At 2009-03-04 17:27 -0800, Horace Burke wrote:
Yes, I tried my modified template. It didn't change anything. The page number still starts at three "3" -- I am sure I am doing something wrong. I have a guess ... but you don't show us your input data. The template is applied by default rules. Okay, so with the built-in template rules, that is in effect doing the following: <xsl:template match="some-element">
<xsl:apply-templates/>
</xsl:template>So that means if you have the data: <some-element>
<lang>
....stuff....
</lang>
<lang>
....stuff....
</lang>
<lang>
....stuff....
</lang>
</some-element>And your template reads as follows:
... then <lang> is *not* the first child node of <some-element> and you won't get your attribute. It is the first element node. The first child node is the text node with the indentation of the <lang> element's start tag. The position() would be returning "2" in the illustration above, which is why you aren't getting initial-page-number="1". Do you only have element children below <some-element>? If so, you could avoid the built-in template rules and do the following: <xsl:template match="some-element">
<xsl:apply-templates select="*"/>
</xsl:template>... which will only push the element children to your stylesheet. Or if you only have <lang> children you could do: <xsl:template match="some-element">
<xsl:apply-templates select="lang"/>
</xsl:template>Then if the first <lang> is the first element child of <some-element> then the position() function would return "1" and you would get your initial-page-number="1". I hope I've guessed right and this helps. It is a common issue when dealing with the built-in template rules and indented data. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- XQuery/XSLT training in Prague, CZ 2009-03 http://www.xmlprague.cz Training tools: Comprehensive interactive XSLT/XPath 1.0/2.0 video Video lesson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNjJCh7Ppg&fmt=18 Video overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTiodiij6gE&fmt=18 G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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