apply template for first X SORTED nodes

[Guest nicolaibvm]

My problem is that I have this XSLT:

<xsl:apply-templates select="Document[position()<11]">    <xsl:sort select="Document/Date" order="descending"/></xsl:apply-templates>

What I would very much like is to apply this template on the first ten nodes AFTER i have sorted it. Which (of course) would put the newest Document on top.I understand why this won't work but how do I do it then?if I just do something like this:

<xsl:apply-templates select="Document">    <xsl:sort select="Document/Date" order="descending"/></xsl:apply-templates>

is there any way in the template I call that I can decide how many I have allready processed?The so called variable is much more like a const isn't it. So I can't count this up.I really need some help (like anyone else who posts on a forum does).greetsNick