In XSLT/XPath, how do I get the first attribute that doesn't match a specific name?

1 Unfortunately, this may not do exactly what you want, because in XPath, "the relative order of attribute nodes is implementation-dependent" (w3. Org/TR/xpath/#dt-document-order). So it's theoretically a toss-up as to which attribute besides special_attr will come first.

– Owen S. Jul 7 '10 at 17:35 @Owen: Interesting, thanks. My request was to support this fix: codeproject.Com/KB/XML/XMLOverride.

Aspx? Msg=3527558#xx3527558xx, and part of his design uses the concept of "first attribute is the key"... it does work consistently in my implementation, but probably his design should better take the standard into account. – Scott Stafford Jul 7 '10 at 19:17 @Scott: Agreed.

In cases where sequence is important, elements are what you want, not attributes. – Owen S. Jul 7 '10 at 20:47 @Scott: This is more by-the-book (@*not(name() = 'special_attr'))1.

Note the parentheses. – Tomalak Jul 8 '10 at 7:39 @Owen: See above comment. – Tomalak Jul 8 '10 at 7:42.

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