Re: Determining if the first child is a para element

> > but I need to know if the first child of a node is an
> > element (para, in this case
> 
> <xsl:if test="*[1][self::para]">David</xsl:if>

Note for Ken:
This is slightly different from mine: 
It tests if the first *element* is a para.
(Ignoring comments, text nodes etc)

Oliver

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