Subject: Re: [xsl] XPath2 preceding / following axis and attributes From: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:24:47 +1100 |
On 1/10/06, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think the results here are correct. The text node "205" is a descendant of > the element containing the attribute, but it's not a descendant of the > attribute, so it is included in the result. > > Or have I misunderstood? You're right -- and this particular case is indeed quite tricky -- thanks to Soren Kuula for raising the question. So, as a next attempt, are the following two XPath expressions equivalent: someElement/@someAttribute/following::someNodeTest and someElement/@someAttribute/../following::someNodeTest | someElement/@someAttribute/../descendant::someNodeTest -- Cheers, Dimitre Novatchev --------------------------------------- To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
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