Probably something like:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
                        version="1.0">

<xsl:output indent="yes" />

<xsl:template match="document">
  <a>
    <xsl:copy-of select="a/*[not(self::c)]" />
  </a>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

On 12/15/07, Steven <gatecrasher1981@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Hope this isn't an inappropriate post - I'm new to XSL and XPath, and
> am currently using the PHP implementation of XPath 1.0. I've searched
> around the net but can't seem to find an appropriate way to solve the
> following XPath problem.
>
> I'm simply trying to exclude a specified child node from being within
> the nodeList created by my expression e.g.
>
>
>
> <document>
> <a>
>     <b>
>     </b>
>     <c>
>     </c>
> </a>
> </document>
>
> Select node 'a' but remove child 'c' from the result set.
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve


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Mukul Gandhi