Re: generalized unique element

tried doing something like..
<xsl:if test="not(name(.) = preceding::node()/name())">


the / operator has to have path expressions not functions that return a
string, like name(). You want the second name() to be like te first,
taking the node as argument.

name(preceding::node())

unfortunately you then can't use the magic property of = to test all
elements of a node set, so you then need to use a predicate,something
like

<xsl:variable name="n" select="name(.)"/>
<xsl:if test="preceding::*[name(.)=$n]">


You mentioned though the "Meunchian method" which does
the same using keys which will be quicker on large data sets


David


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