> Almost there ..... however, I want to constraint the
> selection a bit more,
> look
> at a more descriptive tree.  I want to select the position within each
> "parent"
> subtree.  In other words "child3" is number 5 within the
> first "parent"
> subtree
> but it will be number 6 at the second "parent" subtree.

I had a sneaking suspicion that as soon as you had an answer you would
change the question.

Try <xsl:number level="any" count="*" from="parent"/>

Mike Kay
Software AG


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