How can I retrieve the attributes(the complete tag) of a parent node while I'm at one of it's childs?

Ive tried various xpath expression but none worked.

My problem is the following:

INPUT xml
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<a a1=1 a2=0>
  <b> </b>
  <b> </b>
  <b> </b>
<a/>

XSLT
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<xsl:template match = "a" >
<xsl:for-each select="b">

<!-not related code-->

<!-- in this point I have to do: <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
(output -> <a a1=1 a2=0> )-->

</xsl:for-each>

</xsl:template>

Thanks.

Tomi.

select="../@*"

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

Well you can access them at from the child as ../@* or you could save them before you enter the <xsl:for-each select="b">, <xsl:variable name="aAttributes" select="@*"/> and reuse $aAttributes within the for-each.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)