RE: [xsl] Autonumbering with XSLT

["Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> <xsl:for-each select="//TABLE">
>   <xs:value-of select="position()"/>
> </xsl:for-each>
> 
> For this I get back (1,2,3,4,5) as all the <TABLE> elements 
> belong to the node-list created by "//TABLE" and position() 
> returns the location in the node-list not in the parent node. 
> What I really want back is (1,2,1,2,3).
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
  <xsl:for-each select="DB">
    <xsl:for-each select="TABLE">
      <xs:value-of select="position()"/>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:for-each>

Alternatively, use xsl:number, or count(preceding-sibling::*).

Michael Kay
Software AG
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