David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 27/10/2005 09:41:01:

> 
> > How can I specify that the ancestor::ns:article element must be the 
first 
> > one we come accross when working up the acnestor chain?
> 
> use [1]
> 
> 
> match="ns:id[ancestor::ns:*[1][self::ns:article]/ancestor::ns:*[1]
> [self::ns:root]]"

thanks David, much appreciated...
is this effectivly the same as saying:?

 
match="ns:id/ancestor::ns:article[position()=1]/ancestor::ns:root[position()=1]"

if so, is one any better/faster than the other?, or are they completely 
different somehow?


> David
> 
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