RE: [xsl] msxml xpath problem

["Jim Fuller" <jim.fuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: bryan [mailto:bry@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 July 2003 10:43
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] msxml xpath problem

> Can anyone tell me why this:
> <xsl:value-of select="child::*[2][name()='arg']"/>
> and this <xsl:value-of select="child::*[2]"/>
> returns the value of the second child, the name of which is arg while
> this
> <xsl:value-of select="child::arg[2]"/>

if the context was the same I would expect this one to work

> and this
> <xsl:value-of select="arg[2]"/>, all in the same template 

if the context was the same I wouldnt expect this one to work, 

> does not. Note
> that the last example did return the value at one point but 
> somehow the
> context seems to have been lost. There are no templates overriding the
> template dealing with this anywhere in my import chain. Is there a bug
> with msxml anywhere that would explain such loss of context?

I think we need to see the xml and xslt, to determine if its a node context issue.

cheers, jim fuller
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