Re: [xsl] xpath question

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 2003-07-09 13:41 +0000, abbouh wrote:
> i want to access to the preceding node N1 from a node N2
> and also its  following node N3
> so i use this instruction:
> for N1 :  $N2/preceding-sibling::node()
> for N3 :  $N2/following-sibling::node()
> but it's not correct,i don't know why,

You are saying "node" but I think you mean "element" and you will, 
therefore, need preceding-sibling::*[1] for the closest element.

> my xml file is like:
>
> ........
> <N1>
> <N2>
> <N3>
> ........

Then you are not considering that in the following:

   <N1>xxx</N1>
   <N2>yyy</N2>

there is a text node between the element node named "N1" and the element 
node named "N2".

I hope this helps.

........... Ken

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