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>ancestor::flower[@type!='tulip'] The trouble with that is that it selects every flower node whose type attribute does not contain 'tulip on the entire axis. If there's more than one non-tulip flower node up the ancestor axis, this expression will get all of them, which will either generate errors or lead to unexpected results. It needs the position predicate ([1]) to get the first ancestor node (which is the most immediate node on the axis). So, it needs to be ancestor::flower[1]/@type Jay Bryant Bryant Communication Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thang X. Le" <tle@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 5:57 PM Subject: Re: Selecting attribute from previous parent node > If your current node is: row//basket/flower[@type='tulip'] > > Then the previous non-tulip flower node is: > ancestor::flower[@type!='tulip'] > > And you can get (print) the previous flower type like this: > <xsl:apply-templates select="ancestor::flower[@type!='tulip']"/> > > <xsl:template match="flower"> > <xsl:value-of select="@type"/> > </xsl:template> > > Or maybe I don't quite understand the requirements... > > On 27 Jan 2006 at 17:28, Andrea Berman wrote: > > > It's Friday! Please, have pity upon me and save my sanity! > > > > Say I have the following style of XML: > > > > <row> > > <basket> > > <flower type="rose"> > > <basket> > > <flower type="tulip"> > > <basket> > > ... > > </basket> > > </flower> > > </basket> > > </flower> > > </basket> > > </row> > > > > If I'm at node "flower" with type of "tulip", how do I reference the > > previous flower's type? > > > > > > Thanks!
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