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>From XSLT terminology FAQ at http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/xslvocab.html > >"DOCUMENT ORDER:A traversal of the document tree from start to end, in >written order. The ancestor and preceding axes use reverse document order >and the attribute and namespace axes are unordered. If parentheses are used >for grouping, you will always get forward document order." Actually the quote is wrong (DAVEP:-) the attribute and namespace are both forwards axes. What Dave means about paremthesese is ancestor::*[1] gives you the first ancestor in reverse document order ie your parent whereas (ancestor::*)[1] gives you your first ancestor in document order, ie your most ancient ancestor; Adam (or Eve) in some cultures. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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