Subject: Re: [xsl] xpath trickery (was A Question **TO** XSLT Newbies) From: "Mike Haarman" <mhaarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:14:51 -0500 |
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendell Piez" <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I thought Simon's list of what's confusing about XPath was an excellent > synopsis, and can only respond to him by recommending -- again -- that some > time spent going over XPath *without trying to solve a particular > problem!*, not only its syntax but (more importantly) its data model, > datatypes, functions (since not all functions in use in XSLT are in XPath!) > and (yes) casting rules -- is well worth it. If at all possible, with the > help of an expert. If you have some help disentangling it -- and In the absence of a handy expert or personal XML coach, I think one can make some pretty good mileage out of a weekend with Mr. Holman's *Definitive XSLT and XPath* and Mr. Novatchev's XPath visualisation tool. Read about particular idioms and formal constructs and play them out directly. Change the context or constraints and watch what happens. See your node selection as your template sees it. I can't second Wendell's advice forcefully enough. Sit down to play for a few days and then come to your problem. Mike XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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