Re: unknown element selection (parent is known)

[Oliver Becker <obecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,

> How do I select a record without knowing the
> name of it. What I know is the name of the parent,
> 
> <PARENT>
>     <???>Donald Ball</???>
>     <???>23</???>
> </PARENT>

PARENT/*
selects all children of the PARENT element

PARENT/*[1]
selects only the first child

> Another thing i do not know is the number of elements. 

count(PARENT/*)

> So I will proberly have to use for-each.

Depends on what you want to achieve ...

Cheers,
Oliver


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