<xsl:template match="node" mode="getmax">
<!-- I want only the <node> element that has the @num with the highest
numerical value -->
<xsl:if test="position()=1"><xsl:value-of select="."/></xsl:if>
</xsl:template>
That would work. (You could just have tried it)
David
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