Re: (2 xpath questions)

["John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:42 PM 09/25/2000 +0200, Taras Tielkes wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John E. Simpson" <simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: (2 xpath questions)
> > ...The XPath spec says of the // abbreviated syntax:
> >
> >       // is short for /descendant-or-self::node()/
> >
> >
>
> The long form, "/descendant-of-self::node()" will work in MSXML, again using
> the XPath DOM querying methods.

Ah yes, but that "long form" does NOT include the trailing /, and that's 
why it works, while simply /[descendant-or-self::node()]/ does not. Try the 
long form you quote above, but tack an extra slash on it and see if it 
still works.

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