AW: Special processing for the first process of an el

I think you should be able to select the first occurrence with
<xsl:apply-templates select="//result[not(preceding::result)]"/>

wbr,
Roman


> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Peter Hickman [mailto:peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. November 2004 15:48
> An: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff:  Special processing for the first process of an element
>
> In my xml data I have tags around highlighted search terms and when
> rendering it to XHTML I want to place a <a name="hit" /> on only the
> first occurrence of such a tag. The problem is that I don't seem to be
> able to use ancestor or preceding sibling to reliably identify the very
> first encounter of the tag. For example:
>
> <p>
>     <p>
>        <p>
>              <result>First</result>
>        </p>
>     </p>
>     <p>
>        <result>Second</result>
>     </p>
> </p>
>
> When processing the tag around the word "Second" I seem to be unable to
> locate the earlier occurrence around the word "First".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.



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