You expression

/ROOT/LEVEL2/*[@apply='1']

is almost right, but the elements with the @apply attribute are not children
of LEVEL2, they are grandchildren. So you want

/ROOT/LEVEL2/*/*[@apply='1']

or if you want elements at any level,

/ROOT/LEVEL2//*[@apply='1']  

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Senthil Nathan [mailto:rsennat@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 18 January 2008 20:50
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:  xpath query
> 
> hi all,
> what could be the xpath query with the foll. xml, to select 
> all the nodes with apply="1" in the LEVEL2 from ROOT.
> 
> <ROOT>
> <LEVEL1>
> <A>
>    <a apply="1">100</a>
>    <b apply="1">100</b>
>    <c>100</c>
> </A>
> </LEVEL1>
> 
> <LEVEL2>
> <B>
>    <a>100</a>
>    <b apply="1">100</b>
>    <c>100</c>
> </B>
> <C>
>    <a>100</a>
>    <b>100</b>
>    <c apply="1">100</c>
> </C>
> <LEVEL2>
> </ROOT>
> 
> I tried using /ROOT/LEVEL2/*[@apply='1']. But it doesn't 
> select the intended nodes.
> 
> Thanks
> Senthil Nathan R