RE: [xsl] XSLT 2.0 - Combining Node Sequences

[<Jarno.Elovirta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> At the moment I am struggeling with learning XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0.
> Just yesterday I read about "Combining Node Sequences" which
> I wanted to
> test in a little stylesheet.
> If I have understood the concept right, the following
> expression should
> be ok:
>
> (para | section)/title
>
> should match both para/title and section/title.
> But trying this with the latest version of Saxon, I get the following
> error message:
>
>  XPath syntax error at char 0 in {(para}:
>    Unexpected token in pattern, found "("
>
> Is there a problem with my understanding or is Saxon not
> supporting this
> feature yet?
> thanks you very much for your help in advance!

The key word here is "pattern". Patterns
<http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#pattern-syntax> cannot contain the contruct you
used, Expressions <http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath20/#id-expressions> can. Use

  para/title | section/title

Cheers,

Jarno