Subject: Re: [xsl] simple XPath question From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:18:04 -0400 |
[Chris Nolte] > Thank you both, these XPath expressions produce the desired result. Your > explanations (and Jeni's) were quite helpful. > > The nominal purpose of this example given in Fung's book (in which it fails, > as far as I can tell) is to demonstrate template priority, and that > <xsl:template match='country[1]'> has a higher priority than <xsl:template > match='country'>. Accordingly, the solution Thomas Passin and Jeni Tennison > posed of using <xsl:when > test='position()=1'><first-country>...</first-country></xsl:when> ... inside > a template matching 'country' is contrary to the purpose of the example, > though it is certainly a viable approach. > Well, it looks like he succeeded in demonstrating the point, since the country[1] template always got called, but the results weren't what anyone would actually have wanted. Cheers, Tom P XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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