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Short answer: use (*//surname)[1] instead of *//surname[1] The long answer would be better handled by someone more expert. And to whatever extent I could give a long answer at all, I couldn't do it when I'm this tired. :-) G'night. > Thanks, Syd. You have identified the problem for me. =20 Yes, > there are some <biblStruct> entries in my data that contain=20 more > than one <surname>. If I test this against entries that contain=20= > only one <surname>, it works. So I need to adjust my code such > that it applies only to the *first* surname encountered. > > Thus, I changed > > <xsl:sort select="*//surname"/> > > to > > <xsl:sort select="*//surname[1]"/> > > but this generates the same error message. > > I need to find a way to select only the first occurrence of this > descendant. I am trying to figure this out now, but if anyone can > point me in the right direction, I'd be delighted!
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