Re: [xsl] Stumped on XPath

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Catching up again --

At 08:30 PM 2/7/2006, David wrote:

> > Thanks for the response. Your solution does in fact work perfectly.
> > The only problem is when I move the refnote element around (I used
> > 1,2,3 for testing purposes however in truth these are more on the
> > lines of 2341234, 245532139, etc.) I don't get the results I expect.
>
> just use the attribute on xsl:number to control whether it just numbers
> in the current element, or the whole document, or from teh nearest
> appendix ancestor or whatever you need.
>
> I'm not sure quite what you want as I think you have a typo in your
> revised version

No, it's a bit obscure ... both the references he's pointing to (1 
and 3) are within the same appendix.

So he needs xsl:number from="appendix" just as you surmised.

Spenser, this is a far cleaner better solution than what you've 
posted here so far.

Cheers,
Wendell


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