Re: [xsl] Comparing nodes in axis

Subject: Re: [xsl] Comparing nodes in axis
From: xptm <xptm@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:39:54 +0000
Michael Kay wrote:

You are comparing the nodes for equality, whereas your description suggests
you want to compare them for identity. To compare whether $A and $B are the
same node, use ($A is $B) in XPath 2.0, or (count($A|$B)=1) in XPath 1.0.



That's exactly what i want. In fact, testing for equality could lead to
potencial errors, cause nothing in my structure forbids the existence of
two nodes with the same content.

A very large thank you...

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