Re: [xsl] Selecting the first node set

Cart

XML Editor - Download a Free Trial >

See What's New >

Buy Now >

[Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries]

Subject: Re: Selecting the first node set
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:09:50 -0400

At 10:36 AM 8/15/2006, I wrote:

  What you gain somewhere, you loose it elsewhere.  For example in the
simple "definition" of "//" (something like "it is identical to
descendant::").
Ah, but that definition is inaccurate, which is why the difficulty arises to begin with.

Another inaccuracy in the definition of "//" as identical to descendant::* is that "//@*" catches attributes, while descendant::* does not (and descendant::@* is a syntax error). Fortunately this distinction doesn't matter in the case of reaching after the first descendant x element.

Cheers,
Wendell

Current Thread

RE: Selecting the first node set, (continued)
- cknell - 5 Aug 2006 11:54:01 -0000
- cknell - 5 Aug 2006 12:22:00 -0000
- cknell - 15 Aug 2006 15:08:06 -0000
  - David Carlisle - 15 Aug 2006 16:52:59 -0000

<- Previous	Index	Next ->
Re: Selecting the first node , Wendell Piez	Thread	RE: Selecting the first node , cknell
RE: RE: Selecting the first n, cknell	Date	Re[2]: How do you remove name, Florent Georges
	Month

XML Editor - Download a 15 Day Free Trial Now >

See What's New in Stylus Studio >

Buy Stylus Studio - XML Editor - Now >