Re: [xsl] Selecting child elements bar one

[Kamal Bhatt <kbhatt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sebastian Tennant wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> According to:
>
>  http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/sect2/N6191.html#d8248e349
>
> this is supposed to work:
>
>  <xsl:template match="/">
>    <xsl:apply-templates select="*[not(self::two)]" />
>  </xsl:template>
>  
Works fine if you specify the tempate match as:

<xsl:template match="/doc">

BTW, what is the difference between the two suggestions given in the 
FAQ? They look the same to me.

> i.e., given this XML input:
>
>  <doc>
>    <one>foo</one>
>    <two>bar</two>
>    <three>baz</three>
>  </doc>
>
> element 'two' should be excluded.
>
> Well, I'm getting:
>
>  foo
>  bar
>  baz
>
> and it's starting to drive me crazy.  What's worse, is that I know the
> answer is going to be so damn obvious I'm going to feel incredibly
> stupid, more so than I do already.  Aaaarrrggghhh, I think XSLT hates
> me!
>
> sdt