Re: Re: Is a node a first/last child?

Joerg Pietschmann wrote:

[snip]

> If you have an arbitrary context, you'll have to stick to the
> code Dimitre gave you (slightly optimized here :)
> 
>   <xsl:template match="/">
>      <xsl:for-each select="key('random-key','some key value')>
>         <xsl:if test="preceding-sibling::node()">
>            First node of parent
>         </xsl:if>
>         <xsl:if test="following-sibling::node()">
>            Last node of parent
>         </xsl:if>
>      </xsl:for-each>
>   <xsl:template>

Even with the corrections Oliver made this will not exclude the root of the tree.
The test for 

parent::*

is necessary.

Cheers,
Dimitre Novatchev.


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