Re: [xsl] Backward Navigation Problem

[Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

>> ancestor::node()/TABLE[@NAME='XLATTABLE_EMPL_STATUS']/ROWS/ROW/COLUMN
>
> frankly I think, accessing the TABLE element using ancestor::node()
> looks a POOR choice to me.
>
> a node() test generally returns true for all XPath data model nodes,
> therefore I think ancestor::node() was not a good choice.

<pedant>

I agree that in general using node() when really you mean element() is
a poor choice, however on the ancestor axis it's probably not going to
make that much difference.... In the vast majority of cases the only
type of nodes that exist on the ancestor axis are elements (and the
single document node).

</pedant>

:)


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