Re: [xsl] Getting attribute from rootnode...?

Subject: Re: [xsl] Getting attribute from rootnode...?
From: "Ragulf Pickaxe" <jawxml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:55:48 +0000
Thanks! (Didn't mean to keep you out from the last thank you mail).

Does what your mail say, imply that /*/@RootAttributeValue actually searches through every 3 child nodes (in your example) looking for the attribute? Not that this still won't be _way_ more effecient than the other solution, I just want to understand the process...

Sincerly
Ragulf :)



From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [xsl] Getting attribute from rootnode...?
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 14:50:25 GMT

> Is this the best sollution? It seems that this will check every node for the
> attribute, while I know that it is in the rootnode.


No, you know it is on the document element. Th eroot node (/) is not an
element node it is above that and essentially represents the whole
document. The element node children of the root node are /* (there will
only be one in a well formed document) and you want the attribute of
that which is

/*/@RootAttributeValue

/@RootAttributeValue
would get the attribute of the root node but root nodes don't have
attributes, only children. (note they may have more than one child

<?xml-stylesheet .... ?>
<!-- an example -->
<x>

...
</x>

has three child nodes of the root node, a processing instruction, a
comment and an element node.

David

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