RE: [xsl] Using position predicate in XPath string within selectS ingleNode DOM method

[Pieter Reint Siegers Kort <pieter.siegers@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly David, you're making a good point here... I was using the early
XQuery implementation built on .NET and quite enjoyed it and even wrote
about it for ASPToday.com and published a few other articles on it on my
site pietsieg.com and on topxml.com. But then they abandoned it - the factor
of having experienced the bad idea you mentioned may have influenced that
decision. Anyway, Xquery is coming in .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 and I
can't wait to try and use it.

Cheers,
<prs/>

-----Original Message-----
From: David Carlisle [mailto:davidc@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:18 AM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] Using position predicate in XPath string within selectS
ingleNode DOM method


> Following the spec seems a very difficult thing to do for them,

It was especially difficult in this case as that language went along with
their "wd-xsl" preview of XSLT and _predated_ the spec.
Even Microsoft can't be castigated for not having built a time machine.

Having a test implemtation rather loosely based on a draft spec isn't such a
bad thing. Installing it as a standard component in the most widely
installed operating system on the planet was probably a bad idea (but I
think MS have since recognised that)

David


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