> I need to know how to write an xsl file that can take only 5 
> items from an xml file that 30 items in it...

<stories xsl:version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:copy-of select="/stories/story[position() &lt; 6]"/>
</stories>

This is the complete stylesheet.

Mike Kay (shouting from the mountain tops)


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