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Subject: RE: xpath doubt
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 18:29:17 +0100
> 	<xsl:when test="$filterType='new'">
> 		<xsl:apply-templates select="b[//c/@id='new' or
> //d/@id='new' ]"/>
> 	</xsl:when>
>

//c and //d are absolute path expressions, they select from the root of the
document not from the context node. It's almost invariably wrong to select
from the root within a predicate.

Mike Kay
Software AG


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