RE: Can't use 'id' function in XT 19990725

> This works nicely, but if I replace "//node()[@id=$targetid]" 
> with "id($targetid)" which (to my understanding) amounts to the 
> same thing, it does not work. The node with id equal to $targetid
> is not found. What am I getting wrong ?

The most likely explanation, from the information you have given, is that
the attribute called "id" is not being recognised as an attribute of type
"ID". This depends on the DTD and on using a parser that recognises it in
the DTD.

Mike Kay


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