RE: Issue with child:: element

From: "Michael Kay" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE:  Issue with child:: element
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:20:31 -0000

> 			<xsl:if test="child::*[1][self::note]">
> 				<xsl:apply-templates
> select="note" mode="level1"/>
> 			</xsl:if>
>

That says "if the first child is a note then display all the child notes."

I suspect you wanted to say "if the first child is a note then display it".

That's simply:

<xsl:apply-templates select="child::*[1][self::note]" mode="level1"/>

(which does nothing if the first child is not a note).

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/