RE: [xsl] positional predicates in XPath vs XQL

Subject: RE: [xsl] positional predicates in XPath vs XQL
From: "Howard Katz" <howardk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 21:10:43 -0800
Fallacious raciotination obviously.

I'll bite. What is the correct result in the XPath case??

Howard

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> At 15:35 23-11-2001, Howard Katz wrote:
> >In XQL if you say:
> >      /section/para[ 1 ]
> >and you have a tree that looks like this:
> >
> >1  section
> >2       para
> >3       para
> >4  section
> >5       para
> >6  section
> >7       para
> >8       para
> >9       para
> >
> >you'll get back this nodeset:
> >
> ><2>, <5>, <7>
> >
> >To my understanding, the same location path in XPath only 
> returns a single
> >node, <2>. Is my understanding correct?
> 
> No.  Whence did you acquire it?
> 
> ~Chris
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