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Subject: RE: [xsl] Using position()
From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:16:10 -0000
I thought this
> would work: <xsl:if
> test="./@t_orno = //row[position()-1]/@t_orno"> but it doesn't.

When you use a numeric predicate X, it is short for position()=X, so you are
selecting those rows that have position()=position()-1, which of course
doesn't match any of them.

Use preceding-sibling.

Mike Kay


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