RE: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)

[Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

Could you point to the loophole? Either I missed it altogether, or I'm 
tired after a long squawk and can't remember it.

Regards,
Wendell

At 02:44 PM 10/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
> Ben,
>
> You wrote:
> > Expected token 'eof' found '['. //-->[<-- ancestor::sidebar[1]]
>
> Because of a loophole in the spec, .[ancestor::sidebar[1]] is not a valid
> XPath expression.  The July release allowed this syntax, but for the
> September release I tightened MSXML's conformance.
>
> Use self::node()[ancestor::sidebar[1]] instead.
>
> ~Andy Kimball
> MSXSL Dev
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Skelton [mailto:Ben_Skelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:56 PM
> To: XSL-List@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Error 80004005 eof - Microsoft XML Parser (September Drop)
>
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I am having a problem with the September drop of the Microsoft Parser.
>
> In the stylesheet I have the following code, which works fine with the July
> build of the parser but not the September build:
>
>
> <xsl:template match="title">
>   <xsl:choose>
> <xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sidebar[1]]">
>     <xsl:choose>
>   <xsl:when test=".[ancestor::sect4
> [1]]">
>   <h4><xsl:apply-templates /></h4>
>   </xsl:when>
>
>
> On the September build gives the following
> error...
>
>
> msxml3.dll error '80004005'
>
> Expected token 'eof' found '['. //-->[<-- ancestor::sidebar[1]]
>
> /ofleet/default.asp, line 192
>
>
> I think it is the way I have referenced the current node with the . but
> don't
> see a clear way of doing it unless I do something like this:
>
> ../title[ancestor::sect4[1]]
>
> Which seems a little clunky to me.
>
>
> Can anyone please let me know of the correct syntax to use and why this
> build is
> specifically choking on this piece of code. It would be great if anyone
> could
> give me their experience with the stability of the two builds in a
> production
> environment. (Yeah, I know it is Beta code, but still...)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> _Ben
>
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