Try this:

select="//inlineequation[not (ancestor::* = table)]"

The single quotation marks ('') make the XSL processor look for a string 
literal, when you want it to look for an element.

Jay Bryant
Bryant Communication Services




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Hi,

I'm trying to get all inlineequation elements that are not in the table
element. The following is not working. I don't know why. I always get all
the inlineequation elements.

select="//inlineequation[not (ancestor::* = 'table')]"

I know this can be very expensive even if it works. What cab be a better 
way
to do it?

Thanks.

Peiyun Jiang