Subject: Re: [xsl] [OT] From: "Mukul Gandhi" <gandhi.mukul@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:16:21 +0530 |
Hi David, Thanks a lot for your remarks. I agree to your view points. Your explanation clears up my mind regarding this topic ... On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:05 PM, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > it can make a lot of difference, if for example you have some elements > containing dates and you want to compare the dates (as dates) with some > other dates, if you extract the string value then it won't work and > you'll have to explictly cast the string back to a date, but if you > extract the data() it will be a date. Of course in many situations you > select the element node rather than the text node or string value or > data() so that often this typing will be inferred, but data() is still > useful sometimes. Just as text() is still useful sometimes. > > David -- Regards, Mukul Gandhi
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