Problem saving first entry into a variable or parameter

[Richard L Rosenheim]

I'm trying to create a style sheet to generate HTML output, based upon some
XML data.

I'm grouping some data, and I'm trying to get the very first entry either
just passed as a parameter, or placed into a variable (which I can then
pass). I would like to differentiate some of the formatting for the first
item. I've tried a number of things, none of which worked out.

Among other things, I tried passing the first entry as a parameter (as shown
below). For reasons I don't understand, that didn't work. SectionID and
test2 are both ending up with the same value with each iteration.

I've even tried to sort in ascending sequence and placing the last
occurrence into a parameter, as in:
<xsl:with-param name="test2" select="EntryID[last()]" />
That didn't work either.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Here's the XSLT fragment I'm working with:

<xsl:for-each
select="/dsData/Entry[generate-id(.)=generate-id(key('vID', EntryID)[1])]">
<xsl:sort select="EntryID" order="descending" />
<xsl:call-template name="GenerateSection">
<xsl:with-param name="SectionID" select="EntryID" />
<xsl:with-param name="test2" select="EntryID[1]" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for>

[Richard L Rosenheim]

I figured out how to do it. I came across the position() function, and just
tested for 1.

Richard
"Richard L Rosenheim" <ri*****@rlr.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to create a style sheet to generate HTML output, based upon some XML data.

I'm grouping some data, and I'm trying to get the very first entry either
just passed as a parameter, or placed into a variable (which I can then
pass). I would like to differentiate some of the formatting for the first
item. I've tried a number of things, none of which worked out.

Among other things, I tried passing the first entry as a parameter (as shown below). For reasons I don't understand, that didn't work. SectionID and
test2 are both ending up with the same value with each iteration.

I've even tried to sort in ascending sequence and placing the last
occurrence into a parameter, as in:
<xsl:with-param name="test2" select="EntryID[last()]" />
That didn't work either.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Here's the XSLT fragment I'm working with:

<xsl:for-each
select="/dsData/Entry[generate-id(.)=generate-id(key('vID', EntryID)[1])]"> <xsl:sort select="EntryID" order="descending" />
<xsl:call-template name="GenerateSection">
<xsl:with-param name="SectionID" select="EntryID" />
<xsl:with-param name="test2" select="EntryID[1]" />
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:for>