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On 28/02/2012 18:06, David Lee wrote: > I know that the fn:node() function does not select attributes but I > cannot find any definitive reference to that. It's not actually a function but a node test. It does match on attributes, but because you have not supplied an axis it defaults (like every other expression) to the child: axis, and their are no attributes on that axis. attribute::node() does select attributes. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath/#NT-AxisSpecifier > > I read: > > child::node() selects all the children of the context node, whatever > their node type > > But no reference to excluding attribute nodes. there are never any attribute document or namespace nodes in the child axis. David ________________________________________________________________________ The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ________________________________________________________________________
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