Hm. Well, we're getting into territory that may be as cumbersome as your
initial pattern, but here's my last shot:
entry[ancestor::table and not(preceding::entry[ancestor::table])]/*[self::title
or self::para][1]
I don't know if the preceding axis is allowed in patterns, but if it is, this
may be a sure-fire way to get the very first entry[ancestor::table].
~ Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Roth [mailto:roth(_at_)visualclick(_dot_)de]
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:52 PM
To: XSL List
Subject: Re: [xsl] Pattern question: first child of first descendant
But predicates aren't, so how about this:
entry[ancestor::table][1]/*[self::title or self::para][1]
Unfortunately not - it has the same issue as Syd's initial pattern. The
first part does a "match all entry elements that have a table ancestor
and that are the first child of some element", which again matches all
first entry children of all the row elements in the table.
-Christian
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